“ A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know. ”
- Mistinguett- Copy
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“ The players in this drama of frustration and indignity are not commas or semicolons in a legislative thesis; they are people, human beings, citizens of the United States of America. ”
- Roy Wilkins- Copy
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“ We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source. ”
- Clifton Fadiman- Copy
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“ This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath. ”
- Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart- Copy
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“ Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. ”
- Elwyn Brooks White- Copy
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“ The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. ”
- Larry Wall- Copy
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“ I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. That's the basic spelling that every woman ought to know. ”
- Mistinguett- Copy
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“ I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, let's say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony… ”
- Henry Miller- Copy
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