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Megan on Jul 23, 2008 this is going to be a terrible examle of th mess that hollywood has become Erwin stoff's production probably means that keanu reevese will be probably somehow tied to the project it will probably be completley americanized and what made bebop so great will be destroyed on the live action transfer.
Fox Developing Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Feature Film! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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“Yes, I can excellently stoff,” Herr Kruger himself modestly asserted, coming to the front.
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“And I will for nothing to stoff you your dog,” he added in an access of magnanimous self-sacrifice.
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(Gr. hyle; Lat. materia; Fr. matière; Ger. materie and stoff), the correlative of Form.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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And we find that in this direction he merely amplified the older systems, taking fire, instead of water or air, as his _Welt-stoff_.
Nature Mysticism John Edward Mercer 1889
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If we try to understand why they were singled out in turn, in the search for the _Welt-stoff_, we shall have penetrated far into the
Nature Mysticism John Edward Mercer 1889
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That which makes itself most immediately known within himself is will; and in this will is to be found the _Welt-stoff_.
Nature Mysticism John Edward Mercer 1889
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The simple fact is here emphasised that the earliest effort of human reflective thought was to discover the _Welt-stoff_ -- the substance which underlies all modes and forms of existence, and that man was regarded as an integral and organic part of the whole.
Nature Mysticism John Edward Mercer 1889
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_Welt-stoff_ by its place and function in the ancient cosmologies.
Nature Mysticism John Edward Mercer 1889
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The chief object of their search was the _Welt-stoff_ -- the substance of the universe -- and they were guided in their search by the dominating concepts which had emerged in the long course of the animistic and mythological stages.
Nature Mysticism John Edward Mercer 1889
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