Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You have encouraged me so much by sharing your story and offering bits of wisdom.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Either that or it proves another bit of wisdom I’ve always heard.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
by mr. travis Every week, Cacophony will take a look at the top ten in the NCAA football rankings, throwing out bits of wisdom regarding which teams were screwed, who is overrated, and who is in their proper place in the scheme of things on the road to the BCS championship.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Once a person gets past the site’s shock value of racist, homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic strawmen, there is quite a bit of wisdom that rips the mask off the lies we tell ourselves in America.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In a early bit of rare wisdom, Ron warns Harry about the potential of the book, and even mentions the items confiscated by the raids conducted by his father.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It’s true in the sense that I am now the parent of a middle schooler – a female middle schooler at that – which requires the fullness of my attention and my being; requires every bit of wisdom that Life has given to me up till this point.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Sometimes life seems nothing more to me than a collection of bits of wisdom that I have garnered from the experiences I have passed through.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Here’s a couple of bits of general wisdom.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Look at that, another bit of’ wisdom ’: Things aren’t always black and white.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Haters of the mainstream media reheated a bit of conventional wisdom last week.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The day before yesterday, I was sitting next to a smart – seeming guy at a lunch in Singapore, when he came out with a bit of wisdom: “I used to have an incredibly intelligent teacher.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But he’s really earnest, and everything I’ve seen about the entertainment industry, every bit of anecdotal wisdom about it, says that the earnestness of the young is nothing but the grist for other people’s mills – namely older, better – connected, wealthier peoples’ mills.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This is an old bit of wisdom that has been circulating for awhile, but it is funny enough to be worth repeating.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We walked Willy and traded bits of wisdom, then had major adventures at TARGET AND MICHEALS, aka my two favorite places.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Another bit of wisdom from Oswald Chambers gave me choices to think about last week.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works. 14?
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In Wikipedia:
Assisting Sir is his eager disciple Kid, anxious to pick up bits of wisdom while helping keep Cocky in his place.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In sum, Biden is a reliable supporter of virtually every prevailing bit of conventional wisdom within the American elite political consensus, which is why his selection has been widely praised by the establishment, whose principal concern is that their fiefdom not be disrupted and that their consensus not be challenged.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I look forward to offering bits of wisdom on the blog that will help you evaluate your game and, perhaps, even take it to another level.
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(. .)))
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