"Even though a definite article is supposed to bring something into focus, Donald Trump uses it in a very general way. It's seen by many observers as a kind of racial distancing. Often using that article seems unnecessary. [But] it is serving some function, which is to represent a group collectively rather than as individuals."

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Ben Zimmer

#Focus Quotes #Groups Quotes #Use Quotes

“When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.”
“To be a poet you have to experiment.”

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“There are plenty of fish in the sea, if I run out of women.”

Source : "A Softer World". Webcomic by Joey Comeau,
“A woman should soften but not weaken a man.”
“I've always wondered, like, what is so masculine about abstraction? How did men get the ownership over this?”
“Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.”
“While Michael Angelo's Sistine roof, His "Morning" and his "Night" disclose How sinew that has been pulled tight, Or it may be loosened in repose, Can rule by supernatural right Yet be but sinew.”
“I love you Rush Finlay. You are going to be the best husband and father the world has ever known. One day our sonâ€™s wife will be thankful that her husband will have had you for a role model. Sheâ€™ll be lucky because of you. Because you will have raised our son to be the man that you are. Heâ€™ll love her completely because heâ€™ll know how.”

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