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“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
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― Melting Stones
“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Night
― Night
“Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?”
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“I’m lecturing my class last week. In the English language, I tell them, a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative. And I hear a voice from the back of the room: ‘Yeah, right.’ ”
― Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart
― Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart
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