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Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 3)
Gary wrote: "Would you please delete the following quotation I posted on 01.19.2014 because it contains a typo/proofreading error (i.e., "you you"). Please note I have reposted this quotation with the correcti...https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1003..."
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These three are wrong. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2885...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5781...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9392...
The line "Those who were seen dancing were considered insane by those who could not hear the music." is a well known line by Frederich Nietzsche; not Hermann Hesse, Angela Monet or George Carlin.
Blair wrote: "The line "Those who were seen dancing were considered insane by those who could not hear the music." is a well known line by Frederich Nietzsche; not Hermann Hesse, Angela Monet or George Carlin. "Well known, but probably wrong. The earliest attribution of this quote to Nietzsche is from 2003. The earliest variant of the quote is from 1813, 31 years before Nietzsche was born. This is it, by Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1285...
it should be "...as we should at a ball, where we did not hear the music; the dancing that we saw there would appear insane."
Investigations continue...
Banjomike wrote: "Blair wrote: "The line "Those who were seen dancing were considered insane by those who could not hear the music." is a well known line by Frederich Nietzsche; not Hermann Hesse, Angela Monet or Ge..."Not as clear as I thought then. Well it certainly isn't George Carlin :)
Blair wrote: "Not as clear as I thought then. Well it certainly isn't George Carlin :) "It never is. I've tidied up a bit and combined nine versions into Nietzsche and two into Carlin. The Staël is untouched.
The Carlin link only goes back to 1997 but in 2001 he published Napalm & Silly Putty and uses that quote again but this time he adds "—Anon." as the source so we can certainly rule out Carlin. The question is who to attribute it to. The Staël version is very different and none of the alternatives seem correct but it is a great quote and I would hate to see it removed.
Lindsay wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/33302...This quote is commonly misattributed to Galileo, but is in fact from a poem by Sarah Williams.
Edit: There a..."
Done. Again. 10 dupes & variants.
Krystle wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2227...Please edit. "Bravely" should be changed to "honorably.""
#670 done, and added italics to match my edition.
One UrgeI added a quote from my book One Urge. I put the name of the character who said it at the end, and Goodreads automatically put quotes around it when I posted it. This is wrong, so I rewrote the quote and took out the name. When you pull up One Urge, it shows both the original quote and the correct one. Could you please delete the one that has the word "Damon" at the end? It is the incorrect one. Thank you!
Ren wrote: "#672 done"Thank you very much.
Scarlet wrote: "Ren wrote: "#672 done"Thank you very much."
I just looked and it's still there when you pull up my book. It's on the bottom right below the corrected one. Does it take time to appear corrected?
Scarlet wrote: "I just looked and it's still there when you pull up my book. It's on the bottom right below the corrected one. Does it take time to appear corrected? "Yes. If you click on that quote it will say "Sorry, we couldn't find that quote". Book pages are cached and will take a while to catch up.
Mary wrote: "this appears to be spam and probably needs deleting.https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1013..."
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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1021...Lol I made a spelling mistake, could you please correct to "procrastination"
Thanks
Jackson wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1021...Lol I made a spelling mistake, could you please correct to "procrastination"
Thanks"
That quote is already on Goodreads, several times. It is by Charles Dickens. You should check to see if a quote exists before adding it again. I've removed your version.
Edited to tidy: here are two versions you might like
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1536...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1103...
Sorry mike, I actually searched it before I added the quote and nothing came up (possibly spelly mistake...). Again, my apologies.Thanks
Corinne wrote: "Duplicates https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2589...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1119..."
Combined those and another 3 variants.
Just a typo near the end of this one. Should be " I tell him" not " O tell him."https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1023...
Hallo! I've made a mistake adding this quote https//www.goodreads.com/quotes/list/27552959This quote is from "Pane e tempesta" by Stefano Benni and not from "Baol. Una tranquilla notte di regime"
This is the quote which has to be changed:"“Piovi pure,cielo nero,grandina,e tu,vento,soffiaci contro. Noi abbiamo sempre mangiato pane e tempesta.
E terremo duro."
Pane e tempesta”
― Stefano Benni, Baol. Una tranquilla notte di regime"
Thank you very much.
It looked like the title had been added to the end of the quote as well. Was that OK?
Yes, "Pane e tempesta" is the right titol. But the title has to be changed at the and,because I've add "Baol" for mistake. Can someone change "Baol" in "Pane e tempesta" or delate the title "Baol" at least?
Typo in this one.https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1023...
“I'm not trying to fix you; I don't think you need to be fixed. I'm not trying to turn you into someone else. I only want you to be who you already are. Because I think I know the real you. I think I've seen him."
Warner says nothing, his chest rising and falling.
"I don't care what anyone else says about you," I tell him. "I think you're a good person.”
Rebecca ♥ Aaron Warner, Magnus Damora ♥ wrote: "Typo in this one.https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1023...
“I'm not trying to fix you; I don't think you need to be fixed. I'm not trying to turn you i..."
Fixed!
Hello, the quote shown by the following link isn't the actual one, moreover it has a gramatical mistake. Please delete this quote. @banjomikehttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8039...
Hello Librarians,I recently noticed this quote on my page: "“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith”
― Anonymous
Number one, it is not anonymous. I believe it occurs in the New Testament. Number two, I did not put it on my page. Is it possible that someone else did without my permission? Number three, how do I get rid of it?
Thanks in Advance,
Robert
Mod
(Anonymous is used as the author of many religious texts on Goodreads.)
Thank you Rivka, I appreciate that. I must have forgotten!
Muddasir wrote: "Hello, the quote shown by the following link isn't the actual one, moreover it has a gramatical mistake. Please delete this quote. @banjomikehttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8039..."
What is wrong with it? That quote has been liked so we should fix it rather than delete it.
@bajomike There should be a word "problems" instead of "problem". As you know according to grammar it's a Error of Continuity. So, fix it.
Please delete the following quotes :https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes
(I have actal forms of both the quotation and i'll add them later)
If someone knows the Urdu language then edit them, they have some grammatical mistakes.
Preferably delete them.
Muddasir wrote: "Please delete the following quotes :https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131
(I have actal forms of both the quotation and i'll add them later)
If someone knows the Urdu language then edit them, they have some grammatical mistakes.
Preferably delete them. "
Again, someone has added it to their personal quotes so we should edit it and not remove it. If you post the correct text here we can edit it.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131"جب انسان کو جينے کا سليقۂآجائے تووہ مرنے کی خواہش نہيں کيا کرتا۔"
Muddasir wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131"جب انسان کو جينے کا سليقۂآجائے تووہ مرنے کي خواہش نہيں کيا کرتا۔"
Well, I hope I've done that OK.
Banjomike wrote: "Muddasir wrote: "Please delete the following quotes :https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131
(I have actal forms of both the quotation and i'll add them later)
If someone knows the Urdu language t..."
Please fix this quote also.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/860062
کسی بھی معاشرے میں پائی جانے والی برائیاں اُس معاشرے میں پائی" جانے والی محرومیوں کی مرہونِ منت ہوتی ھیں ـــ گویا بُرے کو ختم کردینے سےبُرائی ختم نہیں ہُوا کرتی_"
Banjomike wrote: "Muddasir wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131"جب انسان کو جينے کا سليقۂآجائے تووہ مرنے کي خواہش نہيں کيا کرتا۔"
Well, I hope I've done that OK."
Sorry but yet there is a mistake of word (کي) it should be ( کی) . Hope you get it.
Muddasir wrote: "Sorry but yet there is a mistake of word (کي) it should be ( کی) . Hope you get it. "I could not get Firefox to use the 2nd letter you listed so I did it in Chrome. Did that work?
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/859131
Banjomike wrote: "Muddasir wrote: "Sorry but yet there is a mistake of word (کي) it should be ( کی) . Hope you get it. "I could not get Firefox to use the 2nd letter you listed so I did it in Chrome. Did that wor..."
Yeah you did it very well thanks!
Muddasir wrote: "Yeah you did it very well thanks! "Yay. OK, I tried the other one in Chrome without bothering with Firefox.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/860062
Muddasir wrote: "Banjomike wrote: "Muddasir wrote: "Sorry but yet there is a mistake of word (کي) it should be ( کی) . Hope you get it. "I could not get Firefox to use the 2nd letter you listed so I did it in Chr..."
You edited the other quote shown below:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/860062
But its formats distorted. I appreciate your attampet but if you could delete it for me then it would be much better as it's my own quote and I know that language also
Muddasir wrote: "You edited the other quote shown below:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/860062
But its formats distorted. I appreciate your attampet but if you could delete it for me then it would be much better as it's my own quote and I know that language also "
Since someone has added it to their personal quotes we edit it and don't remove it. You could add a new, correct version of the quote and I'll use that one.
Banjomike wrote: "Muddasir wrote: "You edited the other quote shown below:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/860062
But its formats distorted. I appreciate your attampet but if you could delete it for me then it woul..."
Not someone else, I added this quote. Now want to remove it. I'm "M.H. Rakib"
Muddasir wrote: " someone else, I added this quote. Now want to remove it. I'm "M.H. Rakib" "I know that, but there is another Goodreads member who has added that quote to her page.
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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5806...
Unfortunately an assertion of non-existence cannot be sustained without an examination of the entire universe of discourse. That should be the burden of the originator-poster, to make an authoritative citation to the source, particularly for well published historical figures.
I was referred here by Paige O'Malley, CCR Goodreads "
This article is from the Churchill Centre:
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/suppo...
they conclude that one source of the quote was Churchill's personal bodyguard and that Churchill might have said something similar but that in any case he was 'editing' or paraphrasing a W.C. Fields quote from a movie. This article is interesting because it is written by Richard M. Langworth who is the editor of several books about Churchill including books of quotations (I'm not sure about the car books!).
This is from the QuoteInvestigator:
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/...
they trace versions of this witticism back to July 16, 1882 with many variations before Churchill could possibly have said it to either Braddock or Astor. The earliest versions were referring to the House of Commons so Churchill would certainly have known it.
The general view among these and other organizations and sites that have reviewed this quote seems to be that Churchill could possibly have said something similar. I've added "apocryphal" as a tag (meaning "of doubtful authenticity") because there is some doubt about the target who he might have said it to which does put some doubt on the entire quote but there seems to be no evidence that he ever denied saying it. Unless some new evidence comes up I think we should probably leave it since someone will only add it back if it is removed and it is still a funny quote whoever said it first or said a particular version.
Changing the subject slightly, I notice that the majority of the quotes attributed to the American author Winston Churchill are actually quotes by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. I'll sort them out later.
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