The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.
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Michel De Montaigne
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new...
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James D. Nicoll
I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.).. 'I spoke to three scholars, ' [the character says 'at last.']. .two of them said that, after death,...
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Roman Payne
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Dorothy Parker
Glenn used to say the reason you can't really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, 'I'll be dead, ' you've said the word I, and so you're still alive inside the sentence. And that's how people got the idea of...
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Margaret Atwood
More Quotes By Paul Nurse
At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.
I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.
