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The bouncer shouldn't be banned. Hitting batsmen, I'm afraid, is part of the game. But it's the histrionics, the nonsense, the prancing,… — Jonathan Agnew Copy Share Image
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Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour"… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
I have heard a good many pretend that they are going to die; or that they have died, for aught that I… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) this is worthless nonsense; (ii) this is an… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
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lovers, it is well known, carry the art of tautology to its utmost perfection, and even the most impatient of them can… — Susan Edmonstone Ferrier Copy Share Image
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My English is perfect. I just like to say garbled nonsense to throw people off and keep them from bothering me. Cryptic… — Peter Sagan Copy Share Image
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Doeg, though without knowing how or why, Made still a blundering kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
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Jean [Kennedy Smith, JFK's sister] told me she thinks the whole sports angle has been overplayed, that politics was central to him.… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
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I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
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