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The fundamentals of hip-hop still play an important role, cause it's about those similes, those metaphors, those parallels. And to some people… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
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To me, it appears no unjust simile to compare the affairs of this great Continent to the mechanism of a clock, each… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
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We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
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I use a lot of similes and metaphors when I work, simply because it's my best way of describing a building or… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
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It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
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