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“Word meanings are like stretchy pullovers, whose outline contour is visible, but whose detailed shape varies with use.”
Source : Jean Aitchison (1997). “The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures”, p.65, Cambridge University Press
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“The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.”
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“A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. You may strip off the outer ones without doing much mischief, perhaps none at all ; but you keep taking off one after another, in expectation of coming to the inner nucleus, including the whole value of the matter. It proves, however, that there is no such nucleus, and that chastity is diffused through the whole series of coats, is lessened with the removal of each, and vanishes with the final one which you supposed would introduce you to the hidden pearl.”
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“The whole trial seemed surreal.”
Source : "Interview with "Subway Vigilante" Bernhard Goetz". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 17, 2004.
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“A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.”
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“It's important for me to treat a girlfriend with respect. My mum would be horrified if I behaved any differently - and I have sisters, and would hate for them to be treated badly by guys.”
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“Money doesn't spend in hell.... The devil deals in a different coin.”
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“The real war poets are always war poets, peace or any time.”