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In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain

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A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain

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Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are stupefied by its innocence. – Jean Baudrillard

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Our language is funny — a fat chance and slim chance are the same thing. – J. Gustav White

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English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway. – Author Unknown

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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel Ive failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I dont get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. – Emma Thompson

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