Rewrite the Sentence

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  1. Casper

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    its a pity we can't say the same for trumpety trump trump trump...

    Oh preacher, save thy flock!

    I wandered lonely as a cloud.

    no - wandered lonely cloud
     
  2. Rath Darkblade

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    The person who is in the habit of identifying himself by means of the perpendicular pronoun ambled isolated, friendless and forsaken -- like a a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.

    (Coming up next, I apply for the role of Sir Humphrey) ;)

    Among the idols of the Gentiles, are there any that can command the rain, or cause the heavens to give their showers?

    (No "among", "amongst", "in between", "idols", "statues", "gods", "Gentiles", "non-Jews", "command", "rain", "cause", "heavens", "sky", "give", "allot", "showers", or "rain") ;)
     
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    That's not how the game is played. You can only put the kibosh on the important words that appear in the original sentence. :)
     
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    I ambled, a solitary vapor.
     
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    And the new sentence is...
     
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    Exit, followed by a bear. Without exit, followed, or bear.
     
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    Vamoose, chased by an ursine interloper.

    “Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
    ― Richard Feynmann

    Don't use undisciplined, irreverent, or original
     
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    Get an MFA.
     
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    LOL. I don't know if my answer counts. This game seems pretty fun. My sentence is.

    Love fast, hard, and often.

    Don't use "love," "fast," or "hard."
     
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    It was an inspired answer! But I think the idea is to keep the original meaning.

    Embrace with speed and might, and often.

    “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
    ― Truman Capote

    Don't use condiment, success, or flavour.
     
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    Adore quickly, firmly, and often.
    (Gee, that was easy) ;)

    ***EDIT***
    Aaaah, pipped at the post! :eek: Let's see ...

    Variety is the spice of trying to succeed. :D

    And my sentence is ...

    You are not here to run this department.
    (Don't use "You", "here", "run", or "department")
     
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    This person I see before me is not in this locale to operate this branch.

    New sentence:

    “A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
    ― James Joyce, Ulysses

    Don't use: genius, mistakes, errors, or discovery
     
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    Mortals of high intellect do not blunder. Their inaccuracies are deliberate and are avenues to uncovering new truths.

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    "The control center of your life is your attitude."
    ― Norman Cousins

    Do not use: Control, Center, Life, or Attitude
     
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    Tell us which words not to use. :)
     
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    I fixed it! (probably at the same time you asked me to ;))
     
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    Revised sentence: "Smart folks never err, but they do take chances and learn from the results."

    New sentence: "Who can wait quietly while the mud settles?" -- Lao Tzu,
     
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    Um, Graham? You didn't tell us which words NOT to use. :)
     
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    Whoops. This is why I don't get invited to play games.

    "Who can wait quietly while the mud settles?" Don't use wait, quietly, mud, or settles.
     
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    I assume all of them? :superconfused:

    Reworked: Is there one able to stand by hushed during sedimentation of muck?

    New Sentence: Now I am become Death, The destroyer of worlds. ― J. Robert Oppenheimer / Bhagavad Gita

    Don't use "I", "become", "Death", "destroyer" or "Worlds".
     
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    Now the person whose interlocutor is in the habit of defining by means of the perpendicular pronoun has turned into the Grim Reaper, he who ends all universes.

    (Top that). :p
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    "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

    (Don't use: "thing", "we", "fear", "itself").
     
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    The quintessential distress for the masses is the apprehension of that distress



    New sentence. She sells seashells by the seashore.


    Don’t use: she, sells, sea, shells, shore
     
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    The lady barters oceanic exoskeletons by the beach.

    New sentence:

    "Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end."
    ― Robin Sharma

    Don't use: Change, hard, first, messy, middle, gorgeous, or end.
     
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    Loose money is solid to start with, dirty where the stamp goes, and cleaned around the edges. ;)

    I thought about quoting something from the Kama Sutra, but whatever I choose is probably unprintable.

    Don't use: Thought, quoting, Kama Sutra, choose, probably, and unprintable ;)
     
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    I considered sharing lines from the Indian book on sexual positions, but I suspect any selection therein would be deemed worthy of censorship by the moderators.

    New Sentence:

    "Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success."
    ― Shiv Khera

    Don't use: Positive, action, combined, thinking, results, or success
     
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    Your gleaming swordbearer couples with the fiery lute to engender myriad gates of the marvelous.

    New sentence:

    The echidna remonstrates with the crocodile that he be wary of flowing hairs.

    Don't use: echidna, remonstrates, crocodile, wary, flowing, hairs.
     

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