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“Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to vulgarity.”
Source : Henry Watson Fowler (1994). “A Dictionary of Modern English Usage”, p.352, Wordsworth Editions
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“In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted.”
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“A cat won't curry favor even if it's in their best interests to do so. A cat can't be a hypocrite. If more preachers were like cats, this would be a more religious country.”
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“Like no other writer in contemporary American literature, Brock Clarke has a way of looking at us, I mean looking straight at us--warts, lots of warts, and beauty and hypocrisy and love, too, the gamut. And hes done it again in this brilliant The Happiest People in the World, a novel that is as hilarious and thought-provoking as it is ultimately, deadly, deadly serious. I for one am grateful hes out there--watching our every move.”
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“Different shades of life make the painting more beautiful.”
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“God does not give us the spirit of fear, so I do not chose to give in to fear because I know that the creator designed us to win no matter what we face. When I am faced with a circumstance that in the past I would have been fearful about I turn it over immediately to Christ. When I learned this principle as a Christian, I became fearless.”
Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
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“Leaders have the privilege and responsibility of going first. The most powerful way that anybody can lead is by example.”
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“I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.”
Source : Sport Illustrated Interview, www.si.com. November 29, 2004.