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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everyt

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. – Steven Wright

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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. – Steven Wright

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legal
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In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number. – Steven Wright

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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. – Robert Burchfield

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

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Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. – Frank Herbert

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While seeking revenge, dig two graves — one for yourself. – Doug Horton

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