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There's a grosser irony about Politically Correct English. This is that PCE purports to be the dialect of progressive reform but is in fact -… — David Foster Wallace
Nick’s right, you are psychotic. (Talon) The correct term is sociopathic and yes, I am. But at least I have no delusions about myself. (Zarek)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
And you're worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?” “That's… — Stephenie Meyer
All of her heart, a meaningless phrase, but correct and precise, too. She used her heart to love him, not her head, and not her… — Charles Yu
Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of… — Gilles Deleuze
I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that… — Julian Barnes
For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align… — Tim Ferriss
I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females and correct unruly children. But it's all I have. I know I… — Toni Morrison
It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities. This… — Sam Harris
A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells… — Elwyn Brooks White
One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to… — Julia Child
She needs a new journal. The one she has is problematic. To get to the present, she needs to page through the past, and when… — Dave Eggers
Oh, God, Shannon. You're blowing my mind." Clint's morning voice was rich with passion. I wanted to correct him and explain that it wasn't his… — P. C. Cast
Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things… — Tamora Pierce
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it /… — Stephen Covey
If you want to know the Correct term for me, I'm a Dark-Hunter." Nick digested that word slowly. "Which means what? You hunt darkness?" "Yes,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words come out. Wrong… — Haruki Murakami
I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang… — George Eliot
sometimes the most simple conclusion is also the most correct — Julie Garwood
The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that… — Richard Carlson
The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know… — James A. Baldwin
Blot your misdeeds out (if you are particularly conscientious), by a good deed, as soon as you can; just as we did a correct sum… — Elizabeth Gaskell
The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is… — Donald Knuth
Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear… — Ming-Dao Deng

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