"There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard." — John Motson

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• As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that… — Jo Brand
• Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception… — Julie Burchill
• More and more, Democrats are starting to worry they that they have a more um, colorful version of Jimmy Carter… — Eric Alterman
• The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of… — Felix Dennis
• Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in… — C. Northcote Parkinson
• There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is… — Miguel de Cervantes
• There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war… — Philip Caputo
• Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if… — Albert Einstein
• I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey. — Mick McCarthy
• The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble… — Douglas Hofstadter
• The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born… — John Jay Chapman
• If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at… — Dwayne Johnson

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