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Devising a vocabulary for gardening is like devising a vocabulary for sex. There are the correct Latin names, but most people invent euphemisms. Those who… — Diane Ackerman
So perhaps the correct conclusion is that Green was less attuned to how people sound when they speak - the actual words and expressions they… — Francine Prose
Random search for data on ... off-chance is hardly scientific. A questionnaire on 'Intellectual Immoralities' was circulated by a well-known institution. 'Intellectual Immorality No. 4'… — Hans Selye
If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs. — John Clare
I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think the Right is… — Jonathan Haidt
Therefore: In dwelling, choose modest quarters, in thinking, value stillness, in dealing with others, be kind, in choosing words, be sincere, in leading, be just,… — Laozi
Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for many… — Laurence Tribe
We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled or… — Donella Meadows
The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory of liberty born… — Naomi Wolf
If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction. — Padgett Powell
Our officials want nothing more than to be at the top of their professional game and make the correct call. That's what they do; that's… — David Stern
Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct. — Don Nickles
Greenspan advised the American people to buy - he repeated the old mantra: 'spending is patriotic'. He also managed to convince them that if they… — Gilad Atzmon
And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses… — Michael Chertoff
Strong moral character results from consistent correct choices in the trials and testing of life. Your faith can guide you to those correct choices. — Richard G. Scott
Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody. — Richard Petty
I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that i finally obey. — Albert Camus
To the newcomer to the south, hearing that a coworker plans a weekend visit to 'mama and them's' (the correct plural possessive, don'tchaknow), might make… — Celia Rivenbark
People who are wrong during particularly important moments inevitably spend the rest of their lives trying to explain how their wrongness was paradoxically correct, or-at… — Chuck Klosterman
Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct. — Idries Shah

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