"Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language."

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Steven Pinker

#Mavens Quotes #Language Quotes #Peeves Quotes

“When HSBC took the painting out of their building, they had to block the road and use a crane to bring the painting out from the window. They spent about 20,000 dollars just to get the painting out of the building! They said not to bring it back, and told Sotheby's to sell it immediately!”

Source : Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.
“Courage has you say in a defiant spirit you can take everything from me, you could cut me deep, you could render me in shame but you will never ever stop me from loving those who mock me, from loving those that hate me, from loving those who don't forgive me, from loving the cynics, from loving the darkness so much that I myself through my small acts of consistent unyielding love may bring on the light.”
“My husband is a natural-born leader. I quickly learned that I had to find a way of honoring his take-charge personality and not get frustrated about his desire to have the final decision on just about everything. I am not a passive person, but I chose to fall into a more submissive role in our relationship because I wanted to do everything in my power to make my marriage and family work.”
“For forty days he went out into the desert - and never shot anything [on Jesus]”
“Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.”
“Well, we all age, but Id been taking herbal supplements for a long time.”
“Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.”

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