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    <![CDATA[The Oxford Dictionary of Thematic Quotations]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Oxford Dictionary of Thematic Quotations is a collection of over 7,000 quotations, arranged thematically for easy look-up. Covering an enormous range of nearly 600 themes, there is every subject you can think of, from the more traditional topics of Courage or Parliament, to topical themes such as The Internet or Genetic Engineering. The quotations that stand together in each particular theme range from the very old to the modern: both Horace and Maeve Binchy comment on the theme The Present, while Desmond Morris and Jeremy Bentham give their views on the category of Animal Rights. A useful author index (including descriptions and context lines) gives quick and easy access to what is in the dictionary and provides information on each author. Whether you wish to discuss a particular subject with friends, or if you want to discover what people have said about a certain topic over the centuries, this is an amusing and fascinating guide to who said what about what.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations]]>
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    <![CDATA[It is hard to imagine a more convenient reference than The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Here at your fingertips are over 5,000 of the best things ever said on more than 300 topics. From Actors to Writing by way of America, Children, Cinema, Last Words, Lying, Marriage, Politicians, Sex and Taxes, it only takes a moment to find the perfect witticism, bon mot, or sage adage to suit any occasion. The fourth edition has many new themes, including Parties, Motivation, and Relationships. And it's portable--ideal for students, writers, or busy executives on the go.<br/>       Full of snappy one-liners and the world's greatest ideas, The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations ranges from the wisdom of the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great philosophers to the more modern meditations of Bona, J. K. Rowling, and George W. Bush. There is Yogi Berra's immortal &quot;The future ain't what it used to be,&quot; Robert Louis Stevenson &quot;Wine is bottled poetry,&quot; and Lao Tzu's &quot;A good traveller has no fixed plans.&quot; From literature to the law, music to the movies, readers will find an abundance of classic quotes and little known gems to enliven their speeches, conversation, reports and correspondence. And to make this volume even easier to use, a full index allows readers to search the text by author as well as theme.<br/>     Concise, convenient, authoritative, and affordable, The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations allows readers to keep a traveling data base of entertainment and information right in their own pockets. It's as handy as it is indispensable--the perfect reference for home, school, and office.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations]]>
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    <![CDATA[Based on the highly acclaimed sixth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this new edition maintains its extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations, and contains completely up-to-date material  from today's influential literary and cultural figures. Over 1900 new quotes have been added for this edition, as well as author descriptions, placing the quotes firmly in context. The dictionary has been compiled using a unique process: the quotes are identified by the largest ongoing language research programme in the world, Oxford English Corpus. This ensures that all the most popular and widely-used quotes are featured.  An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest.   This is the most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available. Containing over 9,000 quotations from more than 2,500 authors, it is both a fascinating read, and an invaluable general reference tool.  Below is a selection of quotes from the new edition:  Integrity has no need of rules Albert Camus  Where there is great love there are always miracles Willa Cather  We have discovered the meaning of life! Francis Crick  Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm R. W. Emerson  Just trust yourself and learn the art of living Goethe  In human relations, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths Graham Greene  The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws Tacitus]]>
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    <![CDATA[Organized by theme, the LODQ is packed with over 4,000 quotations on more than 250 topics from Actors to Writing by way of America, Boredom, Cinema, England, Heaven and Hell, Last Words, Lying, Marriage, Mathematics, and Parents. A full index allows readers to search the text by author as well as by theme.  Among recent contributors are Alan Clark, Norman Lamont, Frank Zappa, Christina Stead, Banjo Paterson, Germaine Greer, Joni Mitchell, and Gerald Ratner; they join a distinguished cast from all eras, including the usual suspects (Shakespeare, the Bible, Shaw, Voltaire, Aristotle, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and Samuel Johnson to mention just a few) and representatives of all strands of opinion and degrees of political correctness (from Ronald Reagan to Andrea Dworkin and John Major to Leon Trotsky).      The first ever thematic quotations dictionary to be derived from Oxford's truly incomparable quotations files LODQ is published in the same compact format as The Little Oxford Dictionary.      On the Future: The future ain't what it used to be. (Yogi Berra)      On Politicians: There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling...(Alan Clark)      On Pleasure: There's no greater bliss in life than when the plumber eventually comes to unblock your drains. No writer can give that sort of pleasure. (Victoria Glendinning)]]>
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    <![CDATA[When you want to launch a new chapter, win a fight, spice a speech, or merely wax philosophical before the fire, there's nothing like an apt quotation. Elizabeth Knowles has compiled more than 10,000 pithy phrases covering more than 350 themes, from &quot;Absence&quot; and &quot;Achievement&quot; to  &quot;Writing&quot; and &quot;Youth.&quot; Flip through the pages and there's Sydney Smith saying, &quot;I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland&quot;; Tom Lehrer opining, &quot;Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it&quot;; and Gloria Steinem reflecting, &quot;We are becoming the men we wanted to marry.&quot; It's a sparkling collection, so finely indexed that it won't take all day to find the quote you seek.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Brand new edition of a favorite Oxford classic brings together well-chosen words from across the centuries on a broad range of subjects, from Absence to Youth. Contains a full keyword index, and generous cross-referencing.  ]]>
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    <![CDATA[Oxford Quotations by Subject is a collection of over 7,000 quotations, arranged thematically for easy look-up. Covering an enormous range of nearly 600 themes, there is every subject you can think of, from the more traditional topics of Courage or Parliament, to topical themes such as The Internet or Genetic Engineering. The quotations that stand together in each particular theme range from the very old to the modern: both Horace and Maeve Binchy comment on the theme The Present, while Desmond Morris and Jeremy Bentham give their views in the category on Animal Rights. A useful author index (including descriptions and context lines) gives quick and easy access to what is in the dictionary and provides information on each author.]]>
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    <![CDATA[This is the ultimate collection of quotations from famous people about famous people. From Martin Amis on Jimmy Connors and Jane Austen on Henry VIII, to Liz Hurley on Marilyn Monroe, there are over 4,000 quotations about both historical and contemporary figures from all over the world. The speakers are often as well known as the people they are talking about, and come from a broad range of disciplines rnd professions, including actors, architects, dancers, historians, mathematicians, literary figures, politicians, academics, sports personalities, and scientists.     All the quotations about each individual are brought together in an entry headed by a brief description, making it possible to compare what different people have said about one particular person. A detailed author index gives a context line from each quotation, biographical information on authors, and an overview of their comments, often revealing their personalities. Entertaining and perfect for browsing, it is also a valuable biographical resource.      Who could fathom Plato's mind? Unless one is a genius philosophy is a mug's game  Iris Murdoch on Plato    He was a good man, but did not know how to paint  El Greco on Michelangelo     Madame Curie is very intelligent but as cold as a herring  Albert Einstein on Marie Curie    We elected a President, not a Pope  Barbara Streisand on Bill Clinton    His technique is astounding, yet everything is accomplished with the air of someone sauntering through the park on a spring morning  Margot Fonteyn on Fred Astaire    Keep your eyes on him; some day he will give the world something to talk about  Mozart on Beethoven]]>
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    <![CDATA[With more than 4,000 quotations from an enormous selection of sources, readers will find the Oxford Quick Reference Quotations both browsable and useful as a handy reference to look up who said what, where, and when.  This new paperback is based on the text of The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, with new quotations taken from recent years to bring this collection fully up-to-date.  There are 250 themes as wide-ranging as Fools and Foolishness, Inventors and Discoveries, Fame, Temptation, Conversation, and Revenge.  The quotations are arranged chronologically within themes, and there is an index to help search for a particular or favourite author.]]>
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    <![CDATA[From humorous proverbs like &quot;You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince,&quot; to bittersweet poetry--&quot;'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all,&quot; (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)--the selections gathered by Susan Ratcliffe in Oxford Love Quotations are as<br/>rich and varied as the nature of love itself.<br/>    With over 2,500 thematically arranged quotations, this collection reveals love in all its different aspects and perversities, even including quotations on areas of life like food and drink and the seasons as seen from a lover's point of view.  Drawing from a wide-ranging a variety of sources,<br/>Ratcliffe has gathered quotations from both literary and popular writers, comedians, journalists, public figures, film and television, and anonymous sources such as advertising slogans and graffiti.  For those composing wedding toasts to anyone who wants to browse the infinite takes on this most<br/>essential human emotion, Oxford Love Quotations is an indispensable volume.]]>
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