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«English is a funny language. A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing»
Author: Jack Herbert | About: Words
«Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.»
Author: Pythagoras | About: Words | Keywords: a great deal, great deal
«County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello?»
«DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism, a complex string of syllables.»
Author: Dave Barry (Humorist, Writer) | About: Words | Keywords: abbreviation, complex, DNA, string, syllables
«Deeds are fruits, words are leaves»
Author: English Proverb | About: Deed, Words | Keywords: fruits
«Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.Elves are terrific. They beget terror.The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.No one ever said elves are nice.Elves are bad.»
Author: Terry Pratchett (Writer) | About: Meaning, Words
«Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land, And don't criticize What you can't understand»
«Command is lonely.»
Author: Colin Powell | About: Words | Keywords: command
«Don't accustom yourself to use big words for little matters»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Words | Keywords: accustom
«During my life, I have often had to eat my own words, and on the whole I have found them a wholesome diet»

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