Quote by Mark Twain
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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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In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has. – Mark Twain

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What a wee little part of a persons life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. – Mark Twain

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Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. – Mark Twain

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Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us. – Julia Penelope

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The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. – Anthony Burgess

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A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. – Samuel Butler (1835-1902), Note-Books

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Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan

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If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it. – Woodrow Wilson

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We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. – Paul Wellstone

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Our perception of celebrities in Hollywood is not the reality. The reality of our lives is so much like everyone elses life. We have family members we love, everyone gets up in the morning, they have three meals a day and they go about their business. – Sissy Spacek

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My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might not give me the happiness and the success that they – any parent hopes for their child. – Emmylou Harris

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