Ms. Chen favors simple stories and homilies, which the attendees scribble down in earnest.

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He would often jolt up in bed in the middle of the night to scribble down ideas.

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He always carries a black leather notebook so he can scribble down new molecular structures as they float into his mind.

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Crammed into the back seat of his minivan while Dhani lounges upfront, I struggled to scribble down his words, barely audible as the booming bass shook the seats.

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Whether you scribble down your mileage, keep your receipts in a ziploc in the car or scan and annotate your credit card bills each month, do it as you travel in order to avoid a hassle later.

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The mysterious scribble, dated 23 January 1898, was uncovered as the first panels were taken down.

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