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"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."
that strikes me as pretentious and silly. i talk when I need to communicate with other people because i am not telepathic nor are any of the the people with whom I need to communicate.
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, /And think they grow immortal as they quote. Edward Young (1683 - 1765)
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957)
A question about English usage - does posting quotes that mock the use of quotations count as irony?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Quotations Christine W 10/26/09 09:13 AM Re: Quotations latishya 10/26/09 09:43 AM Re: Quotations Faldage 10/26/09 10:24 AM Re: Quotations Christine W 10/26/09 10:26 AM Re: Quotations BranShea 10/26/09 11:38 AM Re: Quotations tsuwm 10/26/09 08:01 PM Re: Quotations BranShea 10/26/09 08:36 PM Re: Quotations olly 10/26/09 09:23 PM Re: Quotations BranShea 10/27/09 11:16 PM Re: Quotations TheFallibleFiend 10/26/09 09:53 PM No end Christine W 10/27/09 01:52 AM Re: No end Jackie 10/27/09 02:39 AM Re: No end BranShea 10/27/09 11:37 AM Re: No end Faldage 10/27/09 10:38 PM Re: No end zmjezhd 10/28/09 03:07 AM Re: No end Christine W 10/28/09 08:35 AM Re: No end Faldage 10/28/09 10:26 AM Re: No end zmjezhd 10/28/09 10:29 AM Re: No end LukeJavan8 10/28/09 04:59 PM Re: Quotations latishya 10/26/09 07:43 PM Re: Quotations zmjezhd 10/26/09 11:26 PM Re: Quotations latishya 10/27/09 12:00 AM Re: Quotations Christine W 10/27/09 08:45 AM Re: Quotations latishya 10/27/09 08:49 AM Re: Quotations Christine W 10/28/09 08:43 AM
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