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it's on my bookshelf 

a book, usually some type of hip or classic piece of literature, that you bought and read 14 pages of it and never finished, yet you left in casual display in your living area so people think you're well read.
-1"Yo have you seen the movie Fear and Loathing?"
-2"nah, but i read the book."
-1 "I heard the book is good. Did you like it."
2- " Well I never actually read it. it's on my bookshelf though.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover basically means that you shouldn't judge before you know, you should't judge because 9 times out of 10 the reality is different than you think
Old dude: He has dreads and tattoos, he must be dangerous!
Youngin: Don't judge a book by its cover.

can't judge a book by its cover 

cannot judge something based on appearance
can't judge a book by its cover since we all deserve a chance to know each other without judging based on appearance.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A very viral challenge where you pretended to do something and basically say sike, I'm not. It's honelsty very stupid.
*pretends to Cut hair*

Wait. Did you really think I was going to cut my hair?

Well, your wrong.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Usually Judge a Book By Its Cover 

Mainly used for the fact that appearances have to make sense sometimes. It is important to not judge by appearances but even then there are some times where the good guy actually needs to look like a good guy, and the bad guy needs to look like a bad guy.
I'm just saying would you ever guess some hideous and grotesque behemoth is the hero and some beautiful and kind spoken princess is the villain? Honestly, you should usually judge a book by its cover.

You cannot judge a book by its cover 

You cannot judge the character or quality of something/someone just by looking at them.
You cannot judge a book by its cover; that girl you talked to is actually a very nice person.
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

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Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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