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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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“If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell.”
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“We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.”
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“The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason , so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty.”
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“Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.”
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