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Looking at that poor other little thing that I'd done it the right way on, and I just was struck by if I'm wrong about that and if I'm wrong so often, in a literal way, what other parapetetic misconceptions might I be able to comment upon?
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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Looking at that poor other little thing that I'd done it the right way on, and I just was struck by if I'm wrong about that and if I'm wrong so often, in a literal way, what other parapetetic misconceptions might I be able to comment upon?
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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Looking at that poor other little thing that I'd done it the right way on, and I just was struck by if I'm wrong about that and if I'm wrong so often, in a literal way, what other parapetetic misconceptions might I be able to comment upon?
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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And probably is part of my parapetetic tendencies to this day.
My First 79 Years 2000
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And that's why the parapetetic -- that's why the title, "Never Stop Running" -- it's not just the fact that he runs for Congress 10 times and for the Senate two or three times -- or at least thinks about running for the Senate two or three times -- it's the fact that he is constantly in motion and is, in some ways, always afraid to settle down and deal with some of these questions.
Never Stop Running: Allard Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism 1994
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