"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

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Source : Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.174, 谷月社

Ambrose Bierce

#Quotations Quotes

“I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition. In my view church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact. Religion and politics should not be mingled.”
“I picked out my Halloween costume. Iâ€™m going as 'Slutty Madeleine Albright.'”
“A lot of people see it as a kind of failure to stay in the place where youâ€™re from, especially if youâ€™re from the Midwest. Like ambition is geographic.”

Source : Leah Stewart (2013). “The History of Us: A Novel”, p.83, Simon and Schuster
“Gene Roddenberry was a genius.”

Source : "Jordan Hoffman: The TrekMovie Interview, Part 2". trekmovie.com. August 4, 2018.
“I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to be looking past her into the food tent. "Hurry. Pretend you're pointing something out so I can pretend not to see her." Luke put a hand on my shoulder and pointed with the other towards the sky. "Look, the moon." "That was the best you could come up with?" I demanded.”
“Itâ€™s such a floating freak show. You get a bit older and you start to see whatâ€™s going on backstage in the collective psyche of this ridiculous industry. â€¦ Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes Iâ€™m just another schmuck that theyâ€™re bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.”
“The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. From now on depressions will be scientifically created.”
“No earnest thinker is a plagiarist pure and simple. He will never borrow from others that which he has not already, more or less, thought out for himself.”

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