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I'm impatient?
One day I aspire to having a signature.
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I will give you it.
I'm Patient - Impatient
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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INPATIENT == desperate
In hospital = IN PATIENT
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No, What would You say?
I'm Patient
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I thought Viper had the n/m wrong. Well la-de-da I'll have chocolate hobnob instead.
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I rarely re-read a novel.
I can relate to John Otway when he said "and when you get to the end, you get the feeling you've lost a friend. You try to read it again. But it isn't really the same."
But I got the audio book of Rendezvous with Rama to listen to on my not inconsiderable commute.
I last read it when I was about 13 and remember reading it in almost one sitting.
Listening to it on the way to work today I really got into it again - and remembered very little of the detail (although I almost felt a sense of recognition when they entered Rama for the first time!)
Do you re-read books?
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Depends on the book - but yes, I do.
It's a details thing, I think - just as you found with Rama.
There are books I've read many times, books I've read a couple of times, books I've read once, and books I gave up on.
It's the same with films and TV - sometimes you can watch it again, and it's still good, and you pick up of things you missed last time. Others you walk out after twenty minutes and never come back... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: There are books I've read many times, books I've read a couple of times, books I've read once, and books I gave up on.
Same for me. 
For me, the most important thing is the characters. If I don't like them or if they are not properly and believably developed, it doesn't matter how good the the story is...
If I DO like the characters (AND the story), I can happily re-read the book. It's like getting back with old friends.
My favourite re-read books are Agatha Christie's "Curtain" and Nevil Shute's "A Town Like Alice", both of which I've read more times that I can remember.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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For me re-reading books is like re-playing single player mode in a game-the only time I replay a game
immediately is if there is a challenge mode or something like that(books aren't like that though  ).
If a book is really good and I got completely into it, I will wait until I don't remember
all the details and then re-read it. If I do so too soon I won't get through it.
The only book I read twice in a month was the Silmarilion because the first time I read it I
didn't completely get it since there is so much information that I had to go through it again.
I am certain that I will soon re-read warcraft novels though, had been quite a while since I
read them
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Silmarilion?  I am impressed, I couldn't even listen to the whole thing on tape.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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I have re-read some (after a suitable time) and been quite surprised as to how much feels new at the second sitting. This is particularly true of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and many Asimovs. Also I attack "A brief history of time" about once a decade in case I've got any smarter (I haven't).
I think I'd due a re-read of "Code Complete" too 
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Yes. I do re-read books, but only after years. Mostly I bump into a book I remember, but I missing the details so I read it again. An other case when I find a book I read in other language and I 'check' the translation
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I read a lot when I was a child, I read 'adult' books from my early teens. My understanding and appreciation of things has changed a lot since then.
I am quite happy to re-read everything, even things I didn't previously enjoy or get.
Some books I simply love and look forward to rereading, and have done a number of times.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I often re-read books; recently I read John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany for the sixth time. Also read Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort for the third time.
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A bit off-topic but if you cross paths with the sequels to Rama, give them a wide berth. If you already read them, ask for a refund on the time spent.
I re-read when I have trouble getting hold of new material, not otherwise (well hardly ever, sometimes I forget the novel so completely it seems like new)
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Well, of course.
I've also had sex with my wife more than once.
Why is this even a question?
In fact, there are a number of books/series-of-books which I will reread at least once per year.
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GenJerDan wrote: I've also had sex with my wife more than once.
Me too ...
GenJerDan wrote: Why is this even a question?
because everyone is different and I was interested in the answer?
GenJerDan wrote: there are a number of books/series-of-books which I will reread at least once per year.
I prefer variety
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BrewDog couldn't give a sh*t[^]
Contains liberal use of the censored word above.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Something we should all emulate when the opportunity arise. 
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Maybe if more companies started to respond like this, the whole overly sensitive world we live in may start to mellow a bit. (As if that will ever happen though.)
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The problem is companies reacting this way will get sued by
those overly sensitive people. And companies have to look out for their image in
society. Everyone is judging and one mistake or accusation(not necessarily being guilty)
of a serious incident, accident etc. is enough to destroy the reputation of a company.
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Depends what their reputation is about. If they want to be seen as edgy or quirky then it works a treat.
This will get BrewDog far more exposure than their advert will. Just like Paddy Power and all their banned adverts that end up all over the news.
Or even UKIP and their 'gaffes' that do them no harm at all and even endear them to other racists, bigots, and mentalists.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Yes that is true, it does depend on what kind of reputation the company is going for.
But still I think that a lot of people take some things way too seriously or maybe even themselves. Then they get overly sensitive.. I used to be like that, still happens sometimes and it's something that is really not necessary unless the situation demands it.
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This could be taken as an encouragement to Michael O'Leary - Please don't, he's blunt enough as is... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Rhymes with b... etc
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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