John Ayto, lexicographer (b. 1949)
June 21, 2009
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“Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a given period, we can form a fairly accurate impression of the chief preoccupations of society at that time and the points at which the boundaries of human endeavour are being advanced.” – John Ayto, lexicographer (b. 1949)
Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) American film producer, also famous for his malapropisms
June 21, 2009
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T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888-1935) British military officer and writer
June 21, 2009
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State Senator Eric Adams, a former police captain in New York
June 21, 2009
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Frank Herbert (1920-1986) American Science-Fiction writer, in Dune, 1965
June 21, 2009
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“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts, but rather power is a magnet that draws the corruptible.”
– Frank Herbert (1920-1986) American Science-Fiction writer, in Dune, 1965
William Stafford
June 21, 2009
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“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.”
— William Stafford
Claude Levi-Strauss, anthropologist (b. 1908)
June 21, 2009
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“Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.” – Claude Levi-Strauss, anthropologist (b. 1908)
Ahmed Assadee, a screenwriter, on the return of vice to Baghdad
June 21, 2009
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“Everything is going back to its natural way.” – Ahmed Assadee, a screenwriter, on the return of vice to Baghdad.
President Barack Obama
June 21, 2009
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“I didn’t come here to debate the past. I came here to deal with the future.” – President Barack Obama, pledging to seek a new beginning with Cuba.
P.J. O’Rourke (1947- ) American political satirist, in `Give War a Chance’ 1992
“The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape — liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things…. It’s a kind of natural aristocracy, and the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don’t have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal.”
— P.J. O’Rourke (1947- ) American political satirist, in `Give War a Chance’ 1992.
