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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:54:13 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Marilyn Monroe]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." -- Marilyn Monroe]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/942-two-things-are-infinite-the-universe-and-human-stupidity-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:54:20 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Albert Einstein]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -- Albert Einstein]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/764-a-room-without-books-is-like-a-body-without-a</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:54:28 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/764-a-room-without-books-is-like-a-body-without-a]]>
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	    <![CDATA["A room without books is like a body without a soul." -- Marcus Tullius Cicero]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6856-if-one-cannot-enjoy-reading-a-book-over-and-over</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:54:53 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Oscar Wilde]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6856-if-one-cannot-enjoy-reading-a-book-over-and-over]]>
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	    <![CDATA["If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all." -- Oscar Wilde]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2579-do-not-read-as-children-do-to-amuse-yourself-or</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:55:03 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Gustave Flaubert]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2579-do-not-read-as-children-do-to-amuse-yourself-or]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live." -- Gustave Flaubert]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/236-let-us-read-and-let-us-dance-these-two-amusements</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:55:25 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Voltaire]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." -- Voltaire]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4961-the-worst-thing-about-new-books-is-that-they-keep</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:55:46 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Joseph Joubert]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4961-the-worst-thing-about-new-books-is-that-they-keep]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones." -- Joseph Joubert]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/773-when-the-day-of-judgment-dawns-and-people-great-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:56:08 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Virginia Woolf]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/773-when-the-day-of-judgment-dawns-and-people-great-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading." -- Virginia Woolf]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035-when-i-look-back-i-am-so-impressed-again-with</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:56:18 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Maya Angelou]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1035-when-i-look-back-i-am-so-impressed-again-with]]>
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	    <![CDATA["When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young." -- Maya Angelou]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7558-art-never-responds-to-the-wish-to-make-it-democratic</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:56:36 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Flannery O'Connor]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7558-art-never-responds-to-the-wish-to-make-it-democratic]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it." -- Flannery O'Connor]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1028-when-we-read-a-story-we-inhabit-it-the-covers</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:56:42 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by John Berger]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1028-when-we-read-a-story-we-inhabit-it-the-covers]]>
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	    <![CDATA["When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own." -- John Berger]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/365-you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to-be</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:06 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Madeleine L'Engle]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/365-you-have-to-write-the-book-that-wants-to-be]]>
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	    <![CDATA["You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." -- Madeleine L'Engle]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/512-there-is-no-greater-agony-than-bearing-an-untold-story</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:08 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Maya Angelou]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/512-there-is-no-greater-agony-than-bearing-an-untold-story]]>
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	    <![CDATA["There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." -- Maya Angelou]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2787-we-write-to-taste-life-twice-in-the-moment-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:16 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Anais Nin]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2787-we-write-to-taste-life-twice-in-the-moment-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." -- Anais Nin]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4947-always-be-a-poet-even-in-prose</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:25 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Charles Baudelaire]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4947-always-be-a-poet-even-in-prose]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Always be a poet, even in prose." -- Charles Baudelaire]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3182-one-always-has-a-better-book-in-one-s-mind-than</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:27 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Michael Cunningham]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3182-one-always-has-a-better-book-in-one-s-mind-than]]>
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	    <![CDATA["One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper." -- Michael Cunningham]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2538-people-love-a-happy-ending-so-every-episode-i-will</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:35 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Joss Whedon]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2538-people-love-a-happy-ending-so-every-episode-i-will]]>
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	    <![CDATA["People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy." -- Joss Whedon]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4958-i-love-writing-i-love-the-swirl-and-swing-of</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:39 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by James Michener]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4958-i-love-writing-i-love-the-swirl-and-swing-of]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions." -- James Michener]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1792-most-of-the-basic-material-a-writer-works-with-is</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:49 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Willa Cather]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1792-most-of-the-basic-material-a-writer-works-with-is]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen." -- Willa Cather]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2352-poems-are-never-finished---just-abandoned</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:59:56 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Paul Valery]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2352-poems-are-never-finished---just-abandoned]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Poems are never finished - just abandoned" -- Paul Valery]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/337282-somewhere-a-sparrow-is-singing-in-b-minor</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:28 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/337282-somewhere-a-sparrow-is-singing-in-b-minor]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Somewhere, a sparrow is singing in B minor." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:36 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I went into the room and sat next to Linus on the bed.  I put my hand on his shoulder.  I was always surprised at how soft other people were.  I thought I felt his heartbeat, although it could have been my own." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:39 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA["If you want to get a child to love you, then you should just go hide in the closet for three or for hours. They get down on their knees and pray for you to return. That child will turn you into God. Lonely children probably wrote the Bible." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/146372-the-ground-was-silvery-as-if-some-stars-had-fallen</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:43 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/146372-the-ground-was-silvery-as-if-some-stars-had-fallen]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The ground was silvery, as if some stars had fallen there." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:44 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/45311-lonely-children-probably-wrote-the-bible]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Lonely children probably wrote the Bible." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19512-my-breath-in-the-cold-air-was-bleach-that-accidentally</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:50 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19512-my-breath-in-the-cold-air-was-bleach-that-accidentally]]>
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	    <![CDATA["My breath in the cold air was bleach that accidentally spilled on a black t-shirt." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:52 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/111660-when-she-said-sweet-things-in-my-ear-it-would]]>
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	    <![CDATA["When she said sweet things in my ear, it would slide right down into my heart" -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:21:59 -0800</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Heather O'Neill]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Becoming a child again is what is impossible. That's what you have a legitimate reason to be upset over. Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it." -- Heather O'Neill]]>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:09:06 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Oscar Wilde]]>
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	    <![CDATA["I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." -- Oscar Wilde]]>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:09:08 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Bidisha add a quote by Oscar Wilde]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19884-be-yourself-everyone-else-is-already-taken]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." -- Oscar Wilde]]>
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