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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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"Blue is true Yellow's jealous Green's forsaken Red's brazen White is love And black is death."
Life
"Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading."
Wisdom
"Adversity comes with instruction in its hand."
Growth
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm pleased to be with you. (Pause) That concludes my prepared remarks."
Social
"You are only old once, but you can be immature forever."
Life
"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."
Life
"Alimony: the cash surrender value of a husband."
Humor
"The whole world knows we have it made in America . . . made in China made in Mexico made in Japan."
Social
"Cheerfulness is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier."
Happiness
"Make today a gift to your future self."
Inspirational
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