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Ah, well.” He smiled-another one of those devastatingly intoxicating smiles that did unreasonable things to her body temperature and respiration. With a nod and a respectful, “Ma’am,” he left her in the middle of the room. Feeling like she’d been hit by a tank.

Cindy Gerard

Feelings, Body, Rooms

Cindy Gerard (2007). “To the Brink”, p.43, Macmillan

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It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and the rare virtue of interior spaciousness. Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter's, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.

Herman Melville

Strong, Wall, Men

Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.292

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Ranger picked up and there was a moment of silence as if he was sensing me at the other end, taking my body temperature and heart rate long distance. “Babe,” he finally said. “Do you know the slum apartment building Bobby Sunflower owns on Stark?” “Yes. It’s on the same block as his funeral home.” “That’s the one. I’m going in to look for someone. If you don’t hear from me in a half hour maybe you could send someone to check.” “Is this a smart thing to do?” “Probably not.” “As long as you know,” Ranger said. And he disconnected.

Janet Evanovich

Block, Smart, Distance

Janet Evanovich (2010). “Sizzling Sixteen”, p.20, Macmillan

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Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive anything short of total global catastrophe. Within that hundred million will be thousands that could survive a global temperature drop of twenty degrees—which would be a lot more devastating than it sounds. Within that hundred million will be thousands that could survive a global temperature rise of twenty degrees. But a community of a hundred species or a thousand species has almost no survival value at all.

Daniel Quinn

Diversity, Community, Survival

"Ishmael". Book by Daniel Quinn, 1992.

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It's like how on certain days some people wear sweaters when other people can wear t-shirts and still feel comfortable - different reactions to the same temperature.

Maggie Stiefvater

Sweaters, People, Different

Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.315, Scholastic Inc.

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STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL FAUX VOMIT: 1 cup of cooked oatmeal 1.2 cup of sour cream (or buttermilk ranch dressing or anything that smells like rancid, sour milk) 2 chopped cheese sticks (for chunkiness) 1 uncooked egg (for authentic slimy texture) 1 can of split pea soup (for putrid green color) 1/4 cup of raisins (to increase gross-osity) Mix ingredients and simmer over low heat for 2 minutes Let mixture cool to warm vomit temperature Use liberally as needed Makes 4 to 5 cups

Rachel Renée Russell

Home, School, Eggs

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American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations for purposes of genocide, whereas coffee made with an American percolator, such as you find in private houses or in humble luncheonettes, served with eggs and bacon, is delicious, fragrant, goes down like pure spring water, and afterwards causes severe palpitations, because one cup contains more caffeine than four espressos.

Umberto Eco

Spring, Coffee, Humble

Umberto Eco (1995). “How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Place unopened pouch in warm water for 5-10 minutes. Unopened pouch may be laid on a warm surface. Lay unopened pouch in direct sunlight. Not much chance of that down here. Place unopened pouch inside you shirt, allow you body temperature to warm your MRE. I was surprised they left out: Place unopened pouch on ground and pee on it.

S.A. Bodeen

Water, Body, May

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I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I'm, you know, really on my game.

Alton Brown

Thinking, Games, Names

"Foodie Wannabe? Here's How To Fake It". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 7, 2011.

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But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.

Nick Hornby

Trouble

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Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.

Rita Mae Brown

Independent Women, Feminist, Body

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For ten years I had been protected, wrapped up in something like a blanket that had been stitched together from all kinds of different things. But people never notice that warmth until after they've emerged. You don't even notice that you've been inside until it's too late for you ever to go back-- that's how perfect the temperature of that blanket is.

Banana Yoshimoto

Years, People, Perfect

Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (2002). “Goodbye Tsugumi”, p.32, Grove Press

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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Corrie Ten Boom

Heart, Shine On, Worry

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I think that's what finally stopped me. I slid right to the edge. My legs were hanging over. And I could feel it too. I don't know how. There was no wind, no sound, no change of temperature. There was just this terrible emptiness reaching up for me.

Mark Z. Danielewski

Thinking, Reaching Up, Wind

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The leader’s Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the temperature is insufferable.

John C. Maxwell

Attitude, Leader, Atmosphere

John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.164, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Do you really like studying?" Mattia nodded. "Why?" "It's the only thing I know how to do," he said shortly. He wanted to tell her that he liked studying because you can do it alone, because all the things you study are already dead, cold, and chewed over. He wanted to tell her that the pages of the schoolbooks were all the same temperature, that they left you time to choose, that they never hurt you and you couldn't hurt them either. But he said nothing.

Paolo Giordano

Hurt, Pages, Study

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...the contribution of greenhouse gases to the Vostok temperature changes can be...between a lower estimate of 40% and a higher estimate of 65%.

Claude Lorius

Energy, Environment, Climate Change

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I'm getting hassled by a couple of people to release the CRU station temperature data. Don't any of you three tell anybody that the UK has a Freedom of Information Act.

Phil Jones

Couple, Data, People

"Why You Should Be Hot and Bothered About 'Climate-gate'" by John R. Lott, www.foxnews.com. November 24, 2009.

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On the allegation of withholding temperature data, we find that CRU was not in a position to withhold access to such data or tamper with it.

Muir Russell

Data, Energy, Environment

"'We Win': Conservative Media Celebrate Public Misconception That Climate Scientists 'Falsified' Data" by Shauna Theel, www.mediamatters.org. August 8, 2011.

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Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are six times more cold-related deaths than heat-related deaths...by 2050...Warmer temperatures will save 1.4 million lives each year.

Bjorn Lomborg

Winter, Years, Europe

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...the possibility of circular reasoning arises-that is, using the temperature record to derive a key input to climate models that are then tested against the temperature record.

Theodore Wilbur Anderson

Keys, Input, Energy

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The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years.

Al Gore

Years, Energy, Records

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The Earth is warming but physical evidence from around the world tells us that human-emitted carbon dioxide has played only a minor role in it. Instead, the mild warming seems to be part of a natural 1,500-year climate cycle (plus or minus 500 years) that goes back at least one million years.

Fred Singer

Years, Energy, Climate

Fred Singer, Fred S. Singer, Dennis Avery (2006). “Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years”, p.9, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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...it is quite obvious that the temperature change during the last 100 years or so includes significant natural changes, both the linear change and fluctuations. It is very puzzling that the IPCC reports state that it is mostly due to the greenhouse effect.

Syun-Ichi Akasofu

Years, Energy, Lasts

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And then you see right away it may well happen that you enter a decade or maybe even two, when the temperature cools relative to the present level...I'm definitely not one of the skeptics...However, we have to ask the nasty questions ourselves, or some other people will do it.

Mojib Latif

Two, People, Energy

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