"We all take leave of our senses, from time to time. . . . ."

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Source : Bryan A. Garner (2011). “Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage”, p.425, Oxford University Press, USA

Bryan A. Garner

#Mistake Quotes

“Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.”
“Anchors like Megyn Kelly are incredibly powerful in terms of distilling the information and reporting the news and maybe some opinion to the public in a fair handed and complete way.”
“Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.”

Source : Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby (2014). “My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich”, p.12, Image
“We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it”
“There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.”
“The purpose of meditation is to stop thinking for a time, wait for the fog of thought to thin, and glimpse the spirit within.”
“I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.”
“I don't want The Cure to fizzle out doing 45-minute shows of greatest hits. That would be awful for our legacy.”

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