Fortune: Updated fortunes file

Made some corrections where terminating character (%) was not present.
Fixed typos.
Made some formatting corrections
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David Schulman 2014-11-07 15:43:25 -05:00 committed by Matt Miller
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@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ description 'get a random phrase from the original fortunes file';
code_url 'https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies/blob/master/lib/DDG/Goodie/Fortune.pm';
category 'random';
topics 'words_and_games';
attribution github => ['https://github.com/frncscgmz', 'frncscgmz'];
attribution github => ['https://github.com/frncscgmz', 'frncscgmz'],
github => ['https://github.com/dmschulman', 'dmschulman'];
zci answer_type => "fortune";
zci is_cached => 0;

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@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ A few hours grace before the madness begins again.
A gift of a flower will soon be made to you.
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A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon.
Buy the negatives at any price.
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A tall, dark stranger will have more fun than you.
@ -62,13 +61,12 @@ Be careful! UGLY strikes 9 out of 10!
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Be cautious in your daily affairs.
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Be cheerful while you are alive.
"Be cheerful while you are alive."
-- Phathotep, 24th Century B.C.
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Be different: conform.
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Be free and open and breezy! Enjoy! Things won't get any better so
get used to it.
Be free and open and breezy! Enjoy! Things won't get any better so get used to it.
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Be security conscious -- National defense is at stake.
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@ -76,8 +74,7 @@ Beauty and harmony are as necessary to you as the very breath of life.
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Best of all is never to have been born. Second best is to die soon.
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Better hope the life-inspector doesn't come around while you have your
life in such a mess.
Better hope the life-inspector doesn't come around while you have your life in such a mess.
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Beware of a dark-haired man with a loud tie.
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@ -165,10 +162,10 @@ Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
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Don't worry so loud, your roommate can't think.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy.
"Don't Worry, Be Happy."
-- Meher Baba
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Don't worry. Life's too long.
"Don't worry. Life's too long."
-- Vincent Sardi, Jr.
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Don't you feel more like you do now than you did when you came in?
@ -198,10 +195,9 @@ So-so day for you.
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Fine day to work off excess energy. Steal something heavy.
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Fortune: You will be attacked next Wednesday at 3:15 p.m. by six samurai
sword wielding purple fish glued to Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Oh, and have a nice day!
You will be attacked next Wednesday at 3:15 P.M. by six samurai sword wielding purple fish glued to Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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"Oh, and have a nice day!"
-- Bryce Nesbitt '84
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Future looks spotty. You will spill soup in late evening.
@ -210,8 +206,7 @@ Generosity and perfection are your everlasting goals.
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Give him an evasive answer.
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Give thought to your reputation. Consider changing name and moving to
a new town.
Give thought to your reputation. Consider changing name and moving to a new town.
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Give your very best today. Heaven knows it's little enough.
%
@ -229,8 +224,7 @@ Good news from afar can bring you a welcome visitor.
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Good news. Ten weeks from Friday will be a pretty good day.
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Good night to spend with family, but avoid arguments with your mate's
new lover.
Good night to spend with family, but avoid arguments with your mate's new lover.
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Green light in A.M. for new projects. Red light in P.M. for traffic tickets.
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@ -238,8 +232,7 @@ Hope that the day after you die is a nice day.
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If you can read this, you're too close.
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If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn
365 useless things.
If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn 365 useless things.
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If you sow your wild oats, hope for a crop failure.
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@ -257,23 +250,20 @@ Is that really YOU that is reading this?
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Is this really happening?
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It is so very hard to be an
on-your-own-take-care-of-yourself-because-there-is-no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you
grown-up.
It is so very hard to be an on-your-own-take-care-of-yourself-because-there-is-no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you grown-up.
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It may or may not be worthwhile, but it still has to be done.
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It was all so different before everything changed.
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It's a very *__UN*lucky week in which to be took dead.
"It's a very *UN*lucky week in which to be took dead."
-- Churchy La Femme
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It's all in the mind, ya know.
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It's lucky you're going so slowly, because you're going in the wrong direction.
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Just because the message may never be received does not mean it is
not worth sending.
Just because the message may never be received does not mean it is not worth sending.
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Just to have it is enough.
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@ -316,8 +306,7 @@ Never look up when dragons fly overhead.
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Never reveal your best argument.
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Next Friday will not be your lucky day. As a matter of fact, you don't
have a lucky day this year.
Next Friday will not be your lucky day. As a matter of fact, you don't have a lucky day this year.
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Of course you have a purpose -- to find a purpose.
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@ -326,7 +315,6 @@ People are beginning to notice you. Try dressing before you leave the house.
Perfect day for scrubbing the floor and other exciting things.
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Questionable day.
Ask somebody something.
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Reply hazy, ask again later.
@ -346,7 +334,6 @@ So you're back... about time...
Someone is speaking well of you.
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Someone is speaking well of you.
How unusual!
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Someone whom you reject today, will reject you tomorrow.
@ -361,7 +348,7 @@ That secret you've been guarding, isn't.
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The time is right to make new friends.
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The whole world is a tuxedo and you are a pair of brown shoes.
"The whole world is a tuxedo and you are a pair of brown shoes."
-- George Gobel
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There is a 20% chance of tomorrow.
@ -394,13 +381,12 @@ Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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Today is what happened to yesterday.
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Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.
"Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why."
-- Hunter S. Thompson
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Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.
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Tomorrow, this will be part of the unchangeable past but fortunately,
it can still be changed today.
Tomorrow, this will be part of the unchangeable past but fortunately, it can still be changed today.
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Tomorrow, you can be anywhere.
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@ -408,8 +394,7 @@ Tonight you will pay the wages of sin; Don't forget to leave a tip.
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Tonight's the night: Sleep in a eucalyptus tree.
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Troubled day for virgins over 16 who are beautiful and wealthy and live
in eucalyptus trees.
Troubled day for virgins over 16 who are beautiful and wealthy and live in eucalyptus trees.
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Truth will out this morning. (Which may really mess things up.)
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@ -419,7 +404,7 @@ Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.
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Try to have as good a life as you can under the circumstances.
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Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.
"Try to relax and enjoy the crisis."
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
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Try to value useful qualities in one who loves you.
@ -430,8 +415,7 @@ Tuesday is the Wednesday of the rest of your life.
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What happened last night can happen again.
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While you recently had your problems on the run, they've regrouped and
are making another attack.
While you recently had your problems on the run, they've regrouped and are making another attack.
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Write yourself a threatening letter and pen a defiant reply.
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@ -451,8 +435,7 @@ You are confused; but this is your normal state.
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You are deeply attached to your friends and acquaintances.
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You are destined to become the commandant of the fighting men of the
department of transportation.
You are destined to become the commandant of the fighting men of the department of transportation.
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You are dishonest, but never to the point of hurting a friend.
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@ -472,8 +455,7 @@ You are number 6! Who is number one?
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
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You are scrupulously honest, frank, and straightforward. Therefore you
have few friends.
You are scrupulously honest, frank, and straightforward. Therefore you have few friends.
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You are sick, twisted and perverted. I like that in a person.
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@ -485,15 +467,13 @@ You are taking yourself far too seriously.
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You are the only person to ever get this message.
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You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading
this sort of trash.
You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of trash.
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You attempt things that you do not even plan because of your extreme stupidity.
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You can create your own opportunities this week. Blackmail a senior executive.
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You can do very well in speculation where land or anything to do with dirt
is concerned.
You can do very well in speculation where land or anything to do with dirt is concerned.
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You can rent this space for only $5 a week.
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@ -515,8 +495,7 @@ You fill a much-needed gap.
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You get along very well with everyone except animals and people.
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You had some happiness once, but your parents moved away, and you had to
leave it behind.
You had some happiness once, but your parents moved away, and you had to leave it behind.
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You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music.
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@ -541,8 +520,7 @@ You have an ambitious nature and may make a name for yourself.
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You have an unusual equipment for success. Be sure to use it properly.
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You have an unusual magnetic personality. Don't walk too close to
metal objects which are not fastened down.
You have an unusual magnetic personality. Don't walk too close to metal objects which are not fastened down.
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You have an unusual understanding of the problems of human relationships.
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@ -566,8 +544,7 @@ You have the capacity to learn from mistakes. You'll learn a lot today.
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You have the power to influence all with whom you come in contact.
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You learn to write as if to someone else because NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE
"SOMEONE ELSE."
You learn to write as if to someone else because NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE "SOMEONE ELSE."
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You like to form new friendships and make new acquaintances.
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@ -581,15 +558,13 @@ You love your home and want it to be beautiful.
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You may be gone tomorrow, but that doesn't mean that you weren't here today.
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You may be infinitely smaller than some things, but you're infinitely
larger than others.
You may be infinitely smaller than some things, but you're infinitely larger than others.
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You may be recognized soon. Hide.
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You may get an opportunity for advancement today. Watch it!
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You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut butter will
be sold.
You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut butter will be sold.
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You need more time; and you probably always will.
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@ -615,8 +590,7 @@ You seek to shield those you love and you like the role of the provider.
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You shall be rewarded for a dastardly deed.
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You should emulate your heros, but don't carry it too far. Especially
if they are dead.
You should emulate your heros, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.
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You should go home.
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@ -640,8 +614,7 @@ You will be advanced socially, without any special effort on your part.
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You will be aided greatly by a person whom you thought to be unimportant.
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You will be attacked by a beast who has the body of a wolf, the tail of
a lion, and the face of Donald Duck.
You will be attacked by a beast who has the body of a wolf, the tail of a lion, and the face of Donald Duck.
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You will be audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
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@ -739,8 +712,7 @@ You will live a long, healthy, happy life and make bags of money.
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You will live to see your grandchildren.
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You will lose your present job and have to become a door to door mayonnaise
salesman.
You will lose your present job and have to become a door to door mayonnaise salesman.
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You will meet an important person who will help you advance professionally.
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@ -756,8 +728,7 @@ You will overcome the attacks of jealous associates.
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You will pass away very quickly.
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You will pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please disregard
this message.
You will pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please disregard this message.
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You will pioneer the first Martian colony.
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@ -775,8 +746,7 @@ You will soon meet a person who will play an important role in your life.
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You will step on the night soil of many countries.
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You will stop at nothing to reach your objective, but only because your
brakes are defective.
You will stop at nothing to reach your objective, but only because your brakes are defective.
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You will triumph over your enemy.
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@ -798,18 +768,15 @@ You'll be called to a post requiring ability in handling groups of people.
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You'll be sorry...
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You'll feel devilish tonight. Toss dynamite caps under a flamenco dancer's
heel.
You'll feel devilish tonight. Toss dynamite caps under a flamenco dancer's heel.
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You'll feel much better once you've given up hope.
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You'll never be the man your mother was!
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You'll never see all the places, or read all the books, but fortunately,
they're not all recommended.
You'll never see all the places, or read all the books, but fortunately, they're not all recommended.
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You'll wish that you had done some of the hard things when they were easier
to do.
You'll wish that you had done some of the hard things when they were easier to do.
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You're a card which will have to be dealt with.
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@ -823,8 +790,7 @@ You're currently going through a difficult transition period called "Life."
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You're definitely on their list. The question to ask next is what list it is.
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You're growing out of some of your problems, but there are others that
you're growing into.
You're growing out of some of your problems, but there are others that you're growing into.
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You're not my type. For that matter, you're not even my species!!!
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@ -838,11 +804,9 @@ Your aim is high and to the right.
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Your aims are high, and you are capable of much.
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Your analyst has you mixed up with another patient. Don't believe a
thing he tells you.
Your analyst has you mixed up with another patient. Don't believe a thing he tells you.
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Your best consolation is the hope that the things you failed to get weren't
really worth having.
Your best consolation is the hope that the things you failed to get weren't really worth having.
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Your boss climbed the corporate ladder, wrong by wrong.
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@ -860,8 +824,7 @@ Your domestic life may be harmonious.
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Your fly might be open (but don't check it just now).
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Your goose is cooked.
(Your current chick is burned up too!)
Your goose is cooked. (Your current chick is burned up too!)
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Your heart is pure, and your mind clear, and your soul devout.
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@ -885,8 +848,7 @@ Your mode of life will be changed for the better because of good news soon.
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Your mode of life will be changed for the better because of new developments.
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Your motives for doing whatever good deed you may have in mind will be
misinterpreted by somebody.
Your motives for doing whatever good deed you may have in mind will be misinterpreted by somebody.
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Your nature demands love and your happiness depends on it.
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