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Alice Walker

(1944--)

U.S. author

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

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Alice Walker

(1944--) U.S. author Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. www.english-slang.com

write up

[write up] {v.} 1. To write the story of; describe in writing; give a full account of. * /Reporters from many newspapers are here to write up the game./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Rita Mae Brown

(b. 1944) U.S. author, playwright My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there are praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share. www.english-slang.com

Philip Guedalla

(1889-1944) English barrister and author Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be. www.english-slang.com

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hold one's breath

[hold one's breath] {v. phr.} 1. To stop breathing for a moment when you are excited or nervous. * /The race was so close […]

stick to one's ribs

[stick to one's ribs] or [stick to the ribs] {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep you from getting hungry again too quickly. * […]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

(160-43 B.C.), Roman philosopher No sane man will dance.

BFN

[BFN] "Bye for now"

BBS

[BBS] "Be back soon", or "bulletin board system/service"

Don Addis

(1935--) U.S. editorial cartoonist Never play cat and mouse games if you're a mouse.

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