"According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians."

-- Ambrose Bierce

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“Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.”

Source : Loot (1967) act 2
“Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.”

Source : Bbc Forum Questions And Answers, www.antonygormley.com. 2002.
“Communication works for those who work at it.”

Source : John Powell, Loretta Brady (1985). “Will the real me please stand up?: so we can all get to know you! : 25 guidelines for good communication”, Thomas More Pr
“I do a lot of planning and plotting. That's my greatest weakness. If I'm not terribly careful, I'll plan to a point where it could come out cut and dried.”
“English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation â€“ the undesirable face of globalization? Do we want to lose the variety of languages and all the rich culture that comes with them?”
“I think fiction allows us to sit for a while with people we would rather not meet.”

Source : Uwem Akpan (2009). “Say You're One of Them”, Back Bay Books
“No, I'm the infamous Edward Teller.”
“When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.”

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