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The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Main Attraction

J. spinks
I bet youd like this seat tonight
Its not a show youll see on sundays
If you should blink just once or twice
You might need this piece of advice
Youll never get another chance
Dont take your eyes away for nothing
The main attractionss gonna start
This aint no place to be weak hearted
The main attractions on tonight
So dont forget to turn the lights down
I thought Id seen it all before
Something tells me dont be so sure
Anticipation on my mind
I cant imagine what shell do this time
It seems more special thaneffect
And this show isnt even over yet
The main attractions still to come
Shes just a teaser whe shes starting
The main attractions on tonight
So dont forget turn out the light
Id like to see if youre for real
So cant we make some kind of deal yeah
You say theres no such word as cant
Making you the girl that Id want
Lets get this intro out of the way
It can wait until another day
The main attractions coming up
And you aint leaving till its over
The main attractions on tonight
So dont forget to turn the lights out
The main attractions on tonight
So dont forget turn out the light

song performed by Outfield
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Neon

( japanese bonus track )
This shower will beam us to
A blue changing too yellow scenery
Bus noises all day long
They make you whisper fragile words
Losing energy
And do we belong here
Youve got this dave berry effect on me
Dont worry
This formula one race
Wont change our space station
Apollo in germany
You frightened me to death when you fell out of your bed
A bladder can hurt so much
Especially with a berlin neon hospital touch
And do we belong here
Youve got this dave berry effect on me
Dont worry
This formula one race
Wont change our space station
And do we belong here
Youve got this dave berry effect on me
Dont worry
This formula one race
Wont change our space station
And do we belong here
Youve got this dave berry effect on me
Dont worry
This formula one race
Wont change our space station

song performed by Hooverphonic
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Formula

A formula has been contrived for our benefit,
Once more the divisions can keep,
Reasons are for living, ones to admit.

May defenders arrive too early to befit,
A new religion contacts us asleep,
A formula has been contrived for our benefit.

What do we control when we backbit?
The whole collision concerns the cheap,
Reasons are for living, ones to admit.

Mastering our language is needed to baby-sit,
The adult who does this is no barkeep,
A formula has been contrived for our benefit.

Strange honesty is at the bottom of the bandit,
He who claims divinity, loving us so deep,
Reasons are for living, ones to admit.

Studying behaviour relies on the fit,
A man studies for the books to heap,
Reasons are for living, ones to admit,
A formula has been contrived for our benefit.

poem by Naveed Akram
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The Artemus Of Michigan

Grand Haven is in Michigan, and in possession, too,
Of as many rare attractions as our party ever knew:--
The fine hotel, the landlord, and the lordly bill of fare,
And the dainty-neat completeness of the pretty waiters there;
The touch on the piano in the parlor, and the trill
Of the exquisite soprano, in our fancy singing still;
Our cozy room, its comfort, and our thousand grateful tho'ts,
And at our door the gentle face
Of
H.
Y.
Potts!

His artless observations, and his drollery of style,
Bewildered with that sorrowful serenity of smile--
The eye's elusive twinkle, and the twitching of the lid,
Like he didn't go to say it and was sorry that he did.
O Artemus of Michigan! so worthy of the name,
Our manager indorses it, and Bill Nye does the same--
You tickled our affection in so many tender spots
That even Recollection laughs
At
H.
Y.
Potts!

And hark ye! O Grand Haven! count your rare attractions o'er--
The commerce of your ships at sea, and ships along the shore;
Your railroads, and your industries, and interests untold,
Your Opera House--our lecture, and the gate-receipts in gold!--
Ay, Banner Town of Michigan! count all your treasures through--
Your crowds of summer tourists, and your Sanitarium, too;
Your lake, your beach, your drives, your breezy groves
and grassy plots,
But head the list of all of these
With
H.
Y.
Potts!

poem by James Whitcomb Riley
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Bred to Attack

It was simple then,
To have made it known...
We were being seduce,
To live high and mighty...
In an approaching economic,
Danger zone.

But distractions hid all that.
As we were fed racism and credit traps.
Feeding upon attractions,
That would bleed from us more tax.
As we kept our eyes on our neighbors lives...
While deceivers were planting our minds with lies!

It was simple then,
To have made it known...
We were seduce to live high and mighty,
In an approaching economic danger zone.

We could have prevented hunger and homelessness.
We could have inspired ourselves and our children,
To be respectful and expect the best.

We could have rejected every hint of decadence.
But we chose with a blinded consciousness...
To greed and feed our gluttony!
With a mindlessness...
That has digested us into a mess!
And now we daily experience,
The effects of conflict, chaos and unrest!

It was simple then,
To have made it known...
We were being seduce,
To live high and mighty...
In an approaching economic,
Danger zone.

But distractions hid all that.
As we were fed racism and credit traps.
Feeding upon attractions,
That would bleed from us more tax.
As we kept our eyes on our neighbors lives...
While deceivers were planting our minds with lies!

Suspecting both friend and foe...
To come and stab us in the back.
With a packing of guns to prepare for that.

Now awaiting we do,

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I cannot give the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure - which is try to please everybody.

quote by Herbert B. Swope
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Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure. Try to please everybody."

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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion Let nature take its course. By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature, everything that needs to be done gets done.

quote by Lao Tzu
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I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure try to please everybody all the time.

quote by Herbert Bayard Swope
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I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

quote by Sylvester Stallone
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Action & Action

you really think you're bigger than this
to the tune of ten thousand lisps
who would have thought we'd represent
when i can't take a compliment?
overexposure is the key and any focus on me is appreciated
as it should be
no wonder now
i finally found the right formula for...
you taught me how
i play the fool
every mistake that i make
i couldn't have made without you
what's said is done and plain to see
you take it all too seriously
here's all you get from me
what better way to make an honest mistake
than a televised hand of fate
when the world's closing in on you
a decision would be overdue
now nothing left is out of hand
a stronger jaded man stands
if the world is ending then we toast to it
i'm stronger now but not without the right formula for...
i'm down for whatever
what's there left to wait for?

song performed by Get Up Kids from Something To Write Home About
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The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula.

quote by Dianne Wiest
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Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.

quote by Sylvester Stallone
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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

quote by Herbert Bayard Swope
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The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.

quote by Yahoo Serious
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

quote by Larry Bird
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Whether you are from Minnesota, Wisconsin or any other Northern tier state, you are not going to like the reimbursement formula. The problem we face is that we wouldn't have that formula if a majority of the states didn't like it, and they have the majority of the votes.

quote by David Obey
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

quote by Saint Aurelius Augustine
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Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.

quote by Michael Chertoff
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If the formula for water is H2O, is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

quote by Jane Wagner
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