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Word Quotes by Lynne Truss
- The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or…
- For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process…
- Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive…
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- The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. — Bella Abzug
- A word after a word after a word is power. — Margaret Atwood
- If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood
- I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe
- India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to… — Sri Aurobindo
- I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster
- The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the… — Ibrahim Babangida
- I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word! — Lauren Bacall
- A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. — Burt Bacharach