"An inch in a miss is as good as an ell."

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Source : William Camden, John Philipot, Thomas Moule, Mark Antony Lower (1870). “Remains Concerning Britain”, p.318, Ep Publishing Limited

William Camden

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“The boy is not governed by don't, but is led by do.”
“I have no dog, but it must be Somewhere there's one belongs to me-- A little chap with wagging tail, And dark brown eyes that never quail, But look you through, and through, and through, With love unspeakable and true.”
“These [Arab] youth who have been inspired by universal values are idealistic enough to imagine a magnificent future and, at the same time, realistic enough to balance this kind of imagination and the process leading to it - not using violence, not trying to create chaos.”
“My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create anxiety if I do not do it. No one lives up to his ideal.”
“Pure earth does not petrify, because the predominance of dryness over [i.e. in] the earth endows it not with coherence but rather with crumbliness. In general, stone is formed in two ways only (a) through the hardening of clay, and (b) by the congelation [of waters].”
“When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?”

Source : "Phife Dawg: Farewell to the Five-Foot Assassin With the Roughneck Business" by Sarah Larson, www.newyorker.com. March 23, 2016.
“Our job is to make the fans happy. When we win, 45,000 people go home happy. When we lose, it not only affects them, it affects their cats.”
“My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most.”

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