Ernest Gowers Quotes
That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
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Money is the source of the greatest vice, & that Nation which is most rich, is most wicked.
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Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him!Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears!Not for him who has died full of honor and years!Not for him who ascended Fame’s ladder so high:From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky.
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I really didn't get it until very late in 2005 and 2006.
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There are a billion songs that I've heard and said, 'I don't even care to have an opinion about it,' but if I have to hear a snippet of the refrain of 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' once, it'll get stuck in my head, and that drives me crazy.
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It is good to kind of put your pride aside for the betterment of the ball club. We are all on board for that, even if you want to go another inning.
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I'm not really afraid of somebody who's very politically vocal. My mother is very strong, and I really believe in freedom of speech.
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I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
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I'm not a ball in a pinball machine. I know what I want.
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Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.
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'Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO.
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It takes longevity to earn respect.
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Imagine maintaining 70 brands in a digital world - it is a nonsense. It is better to focus on a fewer, more distinct brands.
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My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.
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The cover was pebbled black leather, the pages onionskin, and he opened it carefully. It was his first Bible, the one his mother had given him, the one that had taken its time showing him what he was supposed to do with his life, his size, that voice of his. It was the one used for his ordination, and when he had buried his mother on a autumn hillside in Tennesee five years ago. King James. He didn't care about the scholars or the accuracy or the bringing of his church into whatever century they claimed it was these days; he cared about the poetry, and about the comfort it brought to those who needed to hear it.
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Football has been my life for as long as I can remember.
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That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them.
