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Learning Greek As Washing An Elephant

a: Greek ~
b: washing an Elephant

What: "Take one step at a time, do not move to the next lesson until you are certain that you have mastered all of the previous ones, and remember that taking Greek is like washing an Elephant: it can only be done one spot at a time, but eventually you will finish the whole thing!"

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Writer: Jim West, ThD.
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Date: Dec 13 2011 11:56 AM



a: Quentin tarantino ~
b: Kubrick

What: "Quentin Tarantino is starting to remind me of late-stage Kubrick. At a certain point, both directors became pretty much divorced from what most of us think of as everyday reality by producing stylized baubles with fetishistic care, inviting audiences to marvel at the lurid and the vivid, losing interest in the process of identification that any audience, however sophisticated, craves."

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Writer: ColdChef
LCC: TR
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Date: May 8 2012 7:54 PM



a: Genetics ~
b: blue prints

What:

"Genetics is like the blue prints.
Epigenetics are like post-it note... "


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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 6 2014 7:31 PM



a: imaginary numbers ~
b: your crazy uncle

What:

"I like when the metaphors are more complicated than the referent. Here's my answer: imaginary numbers are like your crazy uncle...there's internal consistency to the things he's mumbling, but it may not make much sense to outsiders."


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Writer: Maserschmidt
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Date: Aug 21 2014 4:39 PM



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