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""I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?"
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"They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps."
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"Conundrum: A fun word to repeat over and over again when no one's listening. Actual meaning is as puzzling as the need to chant the word."
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"The wonder of words."
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"Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?""With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top."Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!"This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing."Dude," Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that..."
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"But language is wine upon his lips."
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"If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest."
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"Perhaps then one reason why we have no great poet, novelist or critic writing today is that we refuse to allow words their liberty. We pin them down to one meaning, their useful meaning: the meaning which makes us catch the train, the meaning which makes us pass the examination."
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"NE'TWORK: Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.......RETI'CULATED: Made of network; formed with interstitial vacuities."
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"In Sanskrit words are like living beings; depending on context, circumstance and environment their mood varies and meaning differs."
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"Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic, too. We could've been there all night while she tried to spell Cyclops. "You know what I mean!"
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"I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it."
Listening
"Atheism is a non-prophet organization."
Atheism
"I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect."
Hell
"I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away."
Building
"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past."
Future
"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
Universe
"You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar."
Eating
"Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established."
Example
"Weather forecast for tonight: dark."
Weather
"The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept."
Answers
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