"Once there was an elephant Who tried to use the telephant. No! no! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone. Dear me, I am not certain quite That even now I've got it right."

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Source : "Eletelephony" l. 1 (ca. 1880)

Laura E. Richards

#Fun Quotes #Mean Quotes #Elephants Quotes

“I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.”
“One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.”

Source : "The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life" by Leo Babauta, 2009.
“I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.”
“President Obama gave a speech about healthcare tonight, and yesterday he gave a pep talk to students. He told them that in order to succeed they need to work hard and study hard. Then today, former President George W. Bush presented the rebuttal.”
“At the end of the day, it isnâ€™t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere Iâ€™m going and never have been before.”
“I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.”
“Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.”
“Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but thats not reality, its just another aesthetic form of fiction.”

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