"The history of English is full of that, lots of things done with good intentions that 200 years down the road have resulted in a giant mess, where someone's pet peeves - like John Dryden and his hatred of terminal prepositions - could become real standards."

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Kory Stamper

#Real Quotes #Hatred Quotes #Pet Quotes

“This is not mathematics; this is theology.”
“Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.”
“For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.”
“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
“Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as are more merciful in general, yet properly intermixed with due distinctions of severity.”
“I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.”
“Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.”
“What can you say about a guy who lets himself be saddled with a baby when he's thirty-five and losing his hair? Love? Forget about that till you're past seventy, and by then the parts will have stopped working anyway.”

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