"A linguist would be shocked to learn that……" — John Edensor Littlewood

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• I almost died, secretly, behind closed doors. — Stephen Baldwin
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• A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by… — Spiro T. Agnew
• There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition.… — Bill Bryson
• And call me a pig, but isn't it brilliantly refreshing how early the Dutch eat dinner? When they're still laying… — Julie Burchill
• That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. — Amos Bronson Alcott
• We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open… — George H. W. Bush
• We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is… — Paul Cellucci
• A closed mouth catches no flies. — Miguel de Cervantes

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