**The Consolidated Quick Takes Thread**

<p>I love how a lot of us have Wikipedia as a favorite site. I swear I could spend hours on it!</p>

<p>Book: Beat to Quarters - C.S. Forester
Website: GameReplays.org (my own lol...)
Recording: Crown Imperial - William Walton
Source of Inspiration: Saint Saen's Music
Movie line: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie: My Fair Lady
Adjectives: Imaginative and Intense
Memento: My stuffed animal (pig) Wilfred. lol!
Word: Foolish</p>

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Recording: "Nessun Dorma" by Pavarotti. Because apparently I am that weird.

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<p>Ahah that made me laugh :)</p>

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Book: The Count of Monte Cristo

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<p>I love this book! Was tempted to put it down.</p>

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Recording/Song: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto played by Heifetz
Source of Inspiration: Music
Memento: My violin

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<p>Fellow violinist detected! :O</p>

<p>book: A separate peace -John Knowles
website: facebook
recording: last man standing-hammerfall
source: sky and clouds
movie line: "What's our vector Victor?" -Airplane(my name is victor)
movie: The lion king
adjectives: curious and dependable
memento: gator keychain that the kids i coached in swimming gave me
word: courage( reminds me of porridge, but full of bravery...)</p>

<p>Ahhhhh MBS wins for putting my other favorite movie, Donnie Darko.</p>

<p>Ladies and gentlemen, if you have not seen that movie, you have not lived.</p>

<p>To all the Cormac McCarthy fans, I just have to say that I went to the same high school as him. Of course, it was quite a few years after he graduated, but the novelty is still there.</p>

<p>Watched it again New Years Night Hookem :). Forgot how much I liked it. Had to replace my other favorite movie (the breakfast club) when I got home.</p>

<p>book: jurassic park
website: tennis warehouse forum
recording: sunday morning by maroon 5
source: rafael nadal
movie line: some quote from psycho
movie: planet of the apes
words: curious and passionate
memento: picture of my family and I riding camels in the Sahara desert
word: change</p>

<p>Book: Crime and Punishment
Website: buzzle.com
Recording: Dreams- Cramberries
Source of Inspiration: clouds/sky
Movie line: "Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't." - Schindler's List
Movie: Princess Mononoke (-and no, this is not a juvenile movie with pretty princesses and dancing unicorn and happily ever after endings, for those of you who are not familiar with Miyazaki's films)
Adjectives: cute & imaginative
Memento: 4 leaf clover given to me by my friend with Down syndrome
Word: hullabaloo</p>

<p>Book: East of Eden
Website: dictionary.com
Recording: Alfred Brendel's performance of Mozart's piano concerto 20 in D minor
Source of Inspiration: Films
Movie line: "You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky, that's all... To hold a front position in this rat-race, you've got to believe you are lucky" (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
Adjectives: talented & passionate
Memento: Bobby (my teddybear!) <- hehe perhaps I shouldn't have included the "!" D:
Word: intricacies</p>

<p>Book: The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
Website: nytimes.com
Recording: Fix You - Coldplay
Source of Inspiration: Coldplay
Movie line: "My momma always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump
Movie: The Pursuit of Happiness
Adjectives: Focused & Effervescent
Memento: Photographs I've taken while traveling
Word: Karma</p>

<p>Anyone think about using Seven Samurai?</p>

<p>Lolcats, hopefully the adcom will laugh, too. :D</p>

<p>I'm glad to know I'm nothe only one who specified not just the song/ composition, but the singer/artist, as well.</p>

<p>^ I did, too!
"Bensusan" by Michael Hedges.</p>

<p>The original's not on Youtube (although there are a billion covers), so look it up on iTunes! Now! lol</p>

<p>Book: The Three Musketeers
Website: facebook
Recording: God Save the Queen- The Sex Pistols
Source of Inspiration: I don't remember what I put
Movie line: that line from anchorman about 60% of the time it works every time
Movie: The Departed
Adjectives: witty and bright
Memento: an autographed baseball
Word: actually</p>

<p>Book: Le Petit Prince
Website: <a href="http://www"&gt;www&lt;/a>. bash .org
Recording: Our Lady Peace - Innocent
Source of Inspiration: Will Smith
Movie line: You got a dream, you got to protect it. (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Movie: Crash
Adjectives: Determined; funny
Memento: Zodiac necklace
Word: seriously</p>

<p>^ Will Smith is amazing! I remember back in the day with The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Carlton inspired me to go to princeton....lol</p>

<p>Book: catch-22
Website: Joe</a> Posnanski
Recording: by the way - rhcp
Source of Inspiration: music
Movie line: "You thought we could be decent men in an indecent world. But you were wrong; the world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance." - the dark knight
Movie: anchorman
Adjectives: logical; responsible
Memento: stuffed animals from my youth
Word: puzzle (pretty proud of that one)</p>

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Book: Le Petit Prince

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<p>Nice, I used a quote by the author for my essay. Lots of Dumas fans, and stuffed animal mementos :P</p>

<p>That's right. Dumas is amazing...</p>

<p>Book: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Website: slashfilm.com
Recording: "Underground" - Ben Folds Five
Source of Inspiration: movies
Movie line: "You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. " - Silent Bob in Clerks
Movie: Network
Adjectives: funny, logical
Memento: Lego Millennium Falcon
Word: chromatography</p>