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• We all know the feeling of surrendering to the embedded biases of our devices. We let our cell phones ping us every time there's an incoming message and check our e-mail even when we'd best pay attention to what's going on around us in the real world. We text while driving.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Real, Phones, Cells

  "Edward Snowden is a hero" by Douglas Rushkoff, www.cnn.com. June 10, 2013.

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• Ten times a day something happens to me like this - some strengthening throb of amazement - some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.

  Mary Oliver

  Inspirational, Sweet, Soul

  FaceBook post by Mary Oliver from Mar 28, 2017

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• Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

  Mickey Rourke

  Wrestling, Boxing, Connections

  "Mickey Rourke Explains His Preparation For 'The Wrestler': 'I Had Some Demons'". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Cogswhallop glanced skeptically at the complex runes. "Are you sure this'll work, gen'ral?" "Of course I'm sure-" Ping. The silvery note echoed in the cramped room. Makenna felt her face turn scarlet.

  Hilari Bell

  Rooms, Faces, Notes

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• The lingering laughter fled from his eyes as he realized that he'd given himself away. "Where's Fiddle now?" "Safe and cared for. Safer than you'll be if you don't answer my questions." Ping. He managed not to laugh, but it looked like a hard fight. "Dung," Makenna muttered. the knight's expression changed to startled disapproval. A prig, as he? Maybe she could use that. "I said you should let me handle this," Cogswhallop told her. "I'd have meant it.

  Hilari Bell

  Laughter, Eye, Fighting

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• Did the priest you mentioned tell you about them? Or did he send you out to blunder along on your own?They're an odd lot. Half of them are soldiers, or priests in disgui- Ah.Is your priest with them?" "No!" He snapped. Ping. He jumped. He'd forgotten the bell. "I mean, I don't know". Ping. "There is no particular priest."Ping. He bit his lip and fell silent.

  Hilari Bell

  Mean, Soldier, Half

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• Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had the right eyes and smile and name. She knew how he looked--the angel in her dream--but she didn't know how to find him. Should she roller-skate through the streets in the evenings when the streetlights flicker on? Should she stow away to Jamaica on a cruise ship and search for him in the rain forests and along the beaches? Would he come to her? Was he waiting, dreaming of her in the same way she waited and dreamed?

  Francesca Lia Block

  Dream, Baby, Beach

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• I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband... ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Husband, Memories, Blessed

  "Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry". Book by Elizabeth Taylor, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2002.

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• Have you ever played ping pong up against a wall? You get exhausted a lot quicker than playing against someone. It's the same with getting angry. If you keep getting angry on your own, all that anger will just come back to you.

  Taeyang

  Wall, Drama, Ping Pong

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• I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong.

  Steve Reeves

  Motivational, Workout, Nice

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• ..."And then we played Ping-Pong—” “Not pool? I always assumed he was a billiards man—I mean, it’s so handy the way he keeps a stick up his—

  Claire LaZebnik

  Mean, Men, Ping Pong

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• Did you think you could dump me, and I'd bounce back to her and miraculously be happy? I'm not a Ping-Pong ball. You can't just swat me back and forth and expect me to be content wherever I land. If Tod dumped you tomorrow, would you come back to me?

  Rachel Vincent

  Thinking, Land, Balls

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, 2006.

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• So, great. This is Camp…what do you call it? Camp Fish-Blood?” Aphros frowned. “I hope that was a joke. This is Camp __________.” He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses.

  Rick Riordan

  Blood, Sound, Made

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• The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez Whiz, so Percy felt right at home.

  Rick Riordan

  War, Home, Blood

  "The Mark of Athena". Book by Rick Riordan, October 2, 2012.

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• On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong! And the Monkeys all say Boo! Theres a Nang Nong Ning Where the trees go Ping! And the tea pots Jibber Jabber Joo On the Nong Ning Nang All the Mice go Clang! And you just cant catch em when they do! So its Ning Nang Nong! Cows go Bong! Nong Nang Ning! Trees go Ping! Nong Ning Nang! The mice go Clang! What a noisy place to belong,Is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!

  Spike Milligan

  Tree, Tea, Ems

  Spike Milligan, “On The Ning Nang Nong”

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• We sailed to Italy on the Andrea Doria, a year before it sank, and Zoot (Sims) and I played a lot of ping-pong on deck during that trip. Zoot sparked that [Gerry Mulligan's] sextet in an extraordinary way, soloing with joyous abandon and infusing the ensemble parts with his special brand of swing.

  Bill Crow

  Years, Swings, Special

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• My mom played every sport possible. My dad is 'extremely' competitive. You can't even play Ping-Pong with him.

  Kate Upton

  Sports, Mom, Dad

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• Health care historically has been a very siloed field that's organized around medical specialties - urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth - and around the supply of these specialty services. The patient is the ping-pong ball that moves from service to service.

  Michael Porter

  Moving, Balls, Ping Pong

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• Another tormentor inquired if it was true that I had installed two ping-pong tables in my basement. I asked, was it a crime? No, he said, but why two? Is that a crime? I countered, and they all laughed.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Two, Mentor, Ping Pong

  Vladimir Nabokov (1992). “Pale fire”

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• I kind of was shoveled onto a boat at 11 and went to England. I didn't have any parent watching over me. It was very free and may have been a bit of a scary time for me, but I really don't remember much about the voyage apart from playing ping-pong a lot with a couple friends.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Couple, Parent, Scary

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• I don't have many hobbies. If I think of hobbies, maybe ping pong. But I don't have a desire to get a ping pong medal.

  James Franco

  Thinking, Desire, Hobbies

  "127 Hours - James Franco interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Team, Ping Pong, Fruition

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• In my twenties I tried cocaine, which I instantly loved but eventually hated. Cocaine is terrific if you want to hang out with people you don't know very well and play Ping-Pong all night. It's bad for almost everything else.

  Amy Poehler

  Night, Play, People

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.226, Pan Macmillan

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• My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.

  Marv Albert

  Strong, Games, Ping Pong

  "Serby’s Sunday Q & A with … Marv Albert". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. June 12, 2011.

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• I kind of like the ping-pong coach aspect; it somehow fits, and I don't know how.

  Jeffrey Dean Morgan

  Ping Pong, Kind, Fit

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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