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...fond memories, but I gotta look to the future, and look down the road, and to my health. And I feel really good right now, so I just want to keep that intact...
...they perform." His private bullying of editors and media proprietors has already come back to haunt him. There's insecurity, too. Rudd is quick to inform people that he knows about life on the land, about bushfires and milking cows. "I grew up in the bush myself," Rudd is fond of reminding rural folk, even though he usually speaks like a cultured diplomat...
...worker. “Has this cute mark on his forehead from praying so much.” Her words drip with this oblivious (and agonizing to read) condescension. Gretchen is almost comical in her one-dimensionality. All she wants is power and sex. (As Ignatius is fond of repeating, “Her appetite for sex was remarkable.”) She exists only to provide the steamy moments needed for the Hollywood adaptation the publishers are banking on. Even without such distracting cardboard characters, the book would be weighed down by Ignatius’ inane language...
...pants, I don’t think of hipster celebrities or debauched 80s icons, I think of sailors. I also think of Farrah Fawcett and this bizarre time in 5th grade where I wore purple velvet overalls to school. Not exactly a time I like to remember with fond nostalgia considering that I was also wearing a white eye-patch that clipped to my glasses. There are benefits to embracing this new aesthetic. Now, you can put your keys in your pocket without showing the outline of them to everyone you have ever known. Also, now, if you feel like...
...Harvard was Professor [of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion Kimberley C.] Patton [‘80].”And although he swears he loved Annenberg’s food, maybe someday Rich will reveal aspects of his college experience that he wasn’t so fond of. As in “Ant Farm,” many of Rich’s jokes come from his ability to poke fun at himself, or, at least for now, his middle school self.“I think middle school is a really good source for jokes...