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Quote by Mark Twain
No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch

No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. – Mark Twain

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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. – Mark Twain

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Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken. – Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

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[T]he flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar… – Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, 1999

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Grammar, which can govern even Kings. – Moli

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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. Theres no particular virtue in that. Democracy isnt a gift. Its a responsibility. – Dalton Trumbo

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American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity. – Gordie Howe, 1975

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Ive come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. – George McGovern

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First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity. – Jerry Saltz

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