"The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around."

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Source : "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen". Book by Mary Norris, April 6, 2015.

Mary Norris

#Wonderful Quotes #Dictionary Quotes

“Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.”
“I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better.”
“When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.”
“If there is a will there is a way.”
“When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.”
“I still have guilt. I will probably never get rid of that, but yes, I'm free of the compulsion and the driving need to do it I don't think I'm capable of creating anything. I think the only thing I'm capable of is destroying I'm sick and tired of being destructive. What worth is life if you can't be helpful to someone?”
“Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.”
“I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!”

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