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Spielberg As Piper

a: Steven spielberg ~
b: the Pied Piper

What: "With "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," director Steven Spielberg is like the Pied Piper leading us down the path of wonder. From the opening shot--a bright, blinding sandstorm in the desert of Sonora, Mexico--we are plunged into a mystery"

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Writer: Michael Ballard
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Date: May 8 2012 7:16 PM



a: computer ~
b: electronic cocaine

What:

"Peter Whybrow, the director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, argues that "the computer is like electronic cocaine"


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Writer: Peter Whybrow
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Date: Mar 9 2014 2:18 PM



a: Gender ~
b: imaginary number

What:

“Gender equality is a logical fallacy, because gender doesn’t actually exist. The concept of gender is like √-1 in that we use it " so, it exists, but it’s not real. It is imaginary. It only exists in our heads, and we have to express that shit with symbols.”


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Writer: Miss Andrist
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Date: Nov 30 2014 11:18 AM



a: Unwanted thoughts ~
b: a gramophone record

What:

"Persistent, unwanted thoughts are like a gramophone record when the stylus has jumped the groove and invariably cause a troubled mind and sleeplessness."


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Writer: T W Hyne Jones
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Date: Jun 6 2015 4:11 PM



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