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Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 4)
For some reason I only get the option to combine quotes, not delete...these are only pieces of quotes, not real ones. Please delete.https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...
Thanks!
M.F. wrote: "Hi, Can you please change these two quotes (old one) with correct ones (new one) below?
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8013...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8384..."
Done. What work are they from?
Banjomike wrote: "M.F. wrote: "Hi, Hi Banjomike,
Thank you very much for the corrections.
The first one is from the Journalist (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...) and the second one is from Love, Hatred and Madness (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...), but it is okay if it is not attributed to books, as far as they are attributed to the author.
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rivka wrote: "816/817: It doesn't have to be from a book. It appears to be a valid quote, which has been liked."but it is not from this book so i want to delete it.
#819 From which book? I only see the author name, not a book title.
lethe wrote: "#819 From which book? I only see the author name, not a book title."i put it in a quote by mistake, i should not put it in this place,
and i am the author
I left a footnote in this one (35) - could someone remove it?https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7529285
#822: removed footnote (35) from quote.
please could you delete this quotehttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7498...
so i can repost it properly
thanks in advance :-)))
Ben wrote: "please could you delete this quotehttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7498...
so i can repost it properly
thanks in advance :-)))"
Gone
please could you delete this quotehttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7522805
as i put in a quote by mistake
many thanks
Rafael wrote: "There's one like in this quote."yes i know
Rafael wrote: "We cannot delete quotes with likes."now the quote with no like
#831: Quote now has zero "likes" and has been deleted.
Can these be merged into one. Preferably something that is a full sentence - "the terrible tyranny of the majority" is a phrase, not a sentence. I believe quotes need to be full sentences (something containing a noun and a verb).https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2775...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3137...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2739...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6396...
Hello, could somebody please correct this Plath quote here:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6017...
It is from The Bell Jar, on the last three pages of Chapter 5 and the correct version reads:
"If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. "
And NOT "If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed."
Thanks a lot!
anolta wrote: "Hello, could somebody please correct this Plath quote here:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6017...
It is from The Bell Jar..."
Done. And combined with several other variants.
There is also a much older version which reads "Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed"".
All these quotes are associated with the wrong author: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...The correct author is this: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thanks
Hello,Made a mistake on the author of this quote so it's not connecting properly. (forgot to put middle name)
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7542329
the author uses full name here on GR
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thank you!
#838 Name changed. Do you know which book the quote is from?
Can You please edit these 2 Quotes? I made a mistake with them...https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7552...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7552...
Natacha wrote: "Could you please delete this quote? https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...
There is only one quote from me as an author (it's from 'A Galaxy of Possibilities').
Thank you!"
No likes; deleted.
b00k wrote: "Can You please edit these 2 Quotes? I made a mistake with them...https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7552...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7552......"
Do you mean you want them deleted?
Abcdarian wrote: "b00k wrote: "Can You please edit these 2 Quotes? I made a mistake with them...https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7552...
https://www.goodreads.com/quote..."
Yes please!
#833 merged, remain only https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3137...
and
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6396...
They are not similar enough to merge them. One of them is longer than other, but the content differ.
Abcdarian wrote: "#840/845: Deleted."Thank YOU so much
I am not sure why this quote is un-editable, because I can modify other quotes.
This is one of those common misquotations perpetrated by the internet:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/553-...
It reads:
“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
― Adolf Hitler
However, this is a complete distorted summary-paraphrase of what was originally a whole paragraph:
All this was inspired by the principle—which is quite true within itself—that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.
— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie (I know, wiki is not usually a reliable source, but you can look it up in the book itself, too)
This is one of those common misquotations perpetrated by the internet:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/553-...
It reads:
“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
― Adolf Hitler
However, this is a complete distorted summary-paraphrase of what was originally a whole paragraph:
All this was inspired by the principle—which is quite true within itself—that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.
— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie (I know, wiki is not usually a reliable source, but you can look it up in the book itself, too)
Pelagius wrote: "I am not sure why this quote is un-editable, because I can modify other quotes. This is one of those common misquotations perpetrated by the internet:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/553-..."
I've added paraphrased as a tag. The full version of the (translated) text is not as pithy as the short version and since it is a paraphrase of a translation there probably isn't a perfect version.
Discuss?
I tried to fix this problem myself but I couldn't figure out how to combine quotes that aren't attributed to the same author.The following quote by Emily Bronte has been mislabeled as being by her sister, Charlotte Bronte. Here are both of the links:
Correct quote (Emily): https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4430...
Incorrect quote (Charlotte): https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4430...
Holly wrote: "The following quote by Emily Bronte has been mislabeled as being by her sister, Charlotte Bronte. Here are both of the links:Correct quote (Emily): https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4430..."
Done
Thank you.I'm actually merging it with another quote. Let's hope we can change the stupid world.
#836/855 Sorry your request was missed.All quotes moved to the correct author profile.
Two duplicates merged.
Banjomike wrote: "Pelagius wrote: "I am not sure why this quote is un-editable, because I can modify other quotes.
This is one of those common misquotations perpetrated by the internet:
https://www.goodreads.com/q..."
The problem is that it is registered as a "quote", that means, something the person said, but it isn't something he said. There is a crucial distinction with serious ramifications between translating and paraphrasing.
In this case, if you turn two whole paragraphs into one sentence, it is not only paraphrasing, it is an interpretation. For all intents and purposes, it is a misquotation.
This is one of those common misquotations perpetrated by the internet:
https://www.goodreads.com/q..."
The problem is that it is registered as a "quote", that means, something the person said, but it isn't something he said. There is a crucial distinction with serious ramifications between translating and paraphrasing.
In this case, if you turn two whole paragraphs into one sentence, it is not only paraphrasing, it is an interpretation. For all intents and purposes, it is a misquotation.
Hi…. Please add one quote sign at the end of paragraph 5 of this quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7574...
So:
Me? I probably have been gone by then.
Becomes:
Me? I probably have been gone by then."
Thank you in advance….
#859 fixed.Andreas wrote: "Hi…. Please add one quote sign at the end of paragraph 5 of this quote:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7574...
So:
Me? I probably have been gone ..."
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Can you please change these two quotes (old one) with correct ones (new one) below?
Thank you in advance,
“I am not hurting people, they just make me to do.” - Old one
I do not hurt people, they just make me do it. - New one
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8013...
“A perfect love is not giving too much devotion and loyalty, but understanding little tiny things.” - Old one
A perfect love is not all about devotion and loyalty, it is understanding little tiny things. - New one
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8384...