"Donald Trump himself has an idiosyncratic speaking style that relies on simple words and phrases, which worked for him in the primaries but may be coming up short for him now."

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Ben Zimmer

#Simple Quotes #Style Quotes #Phrases Quotes

“I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow,”
“Friendship is higher than love. Sometimes, it's less glamorous, or less passionate, but it's deeper and kind of wiser, I think.”

Source : Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.94, Penguin
“Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.”
“Property damage is so much easier to live with than murder.”

Source : Peter Watts (2006). “Blindsight”, p.227, Macmillan
“When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think â€œI am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.â€ No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us - denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him - and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, â€œFather, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing.â€ He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.”
“The more successful you become, the longer the yardstick people use to measure you by.”
“All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”
“My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.”

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