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Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities. – Alfred North Whitehead

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I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as “all righty” and “yes indeedy” and hundreds of others. – James Thurber, “The Case Against Women”

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The English language is being augmented every year by about 400 new words. We cannot cope. We are drowning in the plethora. It – Anthony Burgess

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At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. – Marshall Lumsden

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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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Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when youre listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music. – Brian Eno

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