"People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time."

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Steven Pinker

#Track Quotes #People Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.”
“Popular, You're gonna be Popular! I'll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys! Little ways to flirt and flounce! I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair, everything that really counts, to be POPULAR!!”

Source : David Coté, Joan Marcus, Stephen Schwartz (2005). “Wicked: the Grimmerie”, Hyperion Books
“I've never had a huge collection of records; I've never been a beat digga.”
“People don't really care about lyrics anymore. It's kinda really sad, like they'll listen to something musically and has a really cool beat down or something, that's great, that's good enough; but the message is the most important thing.”
“Eminem is like the godfather of the hip-hop game,”

Source : "Eminem is the 'Godfather of the hip-hop game,' G-unit members say" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. July 29, 2010.
“God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.”
“You have to learn to play with what you've got.”
“Given that a few days ago we had a terrible accident, a tragic terrorist attack in Barajas, in Madrid, I would like to propose to you that we show our complete condemnation, our most intense revulsion, and that we show profound solidarity with the victims.”

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