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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 9 Jul 2014

    What's your favorite opening sentence from a book? Tell us with #WSJfirstlines. http://on.wsj.com/1k5rUm5 pic.twitter.com/jVEal4ztZx

    3:56 PM - 9 Jul 2014
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      1. Cameron Gearen‏ @camerongearen 9 Jul 2014
        Replying to @WSJ

        @WSJ @AmyMacKinnon There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. Jane Eyre.

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      1. Patricia Plonsker‏ @pplonsker 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities #WSJFirstLines

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      2. Amanda P.‏ @LivingUnited 9 Jul 2014
        Replying to @WSJ

        .@WSJ "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife" #wsjfirstlines

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      2. Mark Kennison‏ @MKennison35 9 Jul 2014
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        @samyukta_s @WSJ Gatsby!! Love it!

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      4. Mark Kennison‏ @MKennison35 9 Jul 2014
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        @samyukta_s whenever you feel like criticizing...

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      1. The_Liberty_bot‏ @The_Liberty_bot 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ 「ゆく河の流れは絶えずして、しかももとの水にあらず」方丈記 ”The flowing river never stops and yet the water never stays the same” Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World

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      1. J Blue‏ @BlueJaybee1025 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ my father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist...from "Silver Sparrow" by Tayari Jones

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      1. cathryn palmieri‏ @catheconnors 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ #WSJfirstlines " last night I dreamt I went to Manderlay again"

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      1. Susana‏ @brightspotart 9 Jul 2014
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        .@WSJ "It was a dark and stormy night." A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. One of my favorite books. #WSJfirstlines

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      1. Brad Holland MD FACS‏ @DrBradHolland 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ "Who is John Galt?" #wsjfirstlines

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      1. Tim Samuel‏ @TimSamuelCFO 9 Jul 2014
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        “@WSJ: What's your favorite opening sentence from a book? Tell us with #WSJfirstlines. http://on.wsj.com/1k5rUm5 " #Actspic.twitter.com/tqDBgQupJx

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      1. Adrienne Menden‏ @adriennemenden 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ Warning, cliché ahead: "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." #wishiwrotethat

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      1. Chris Schmitt‏ @ChrisSchmittEsq 9 Jul 2014
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        .@WSJ "All this happened, more or less. —Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) #wsjfirstlines What's the best first line in a book?

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      1. Bali Promotion Center 💅‏ @translatorbali 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ #Parishilton looks so gorgeous in her new single #ComeAlive video #WSJfirstlines

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      1. Mariana Godoy‏Verified account @mariana_godoy 9 Jul 2014
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        @WSJ " I am born" David Copperfield - Dickens

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