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“adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.”
― The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
― The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
“I love whom I love”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
“As long as we believe that there is something that will permanently satisfy our hunger for security, suffering is inevitable.”
― Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
― Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
“It must be remembered that the forty hour work week until age sixty five was designed by governments and corporations and not the medical profession.”
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“It cannot be an ill fortune to have loved a unicorn,”
― The Last Unicorn
― The Last Unicorn
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