The word “souvenir” has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless.
ALAN CORENWhy they emigrated is not exactly clear, but many scholars believe it was because they saw the way Sweden was going, i.e. neutral.
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It is a magic carpet under which everything has been swept.
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Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a “Wirtschaftswunder,” which can be briefly translated as “The best way to own a Mercedes is to build one.”
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A humorist tells himself every morning, “I hope it’s going to be a rough day.” When things are going well, it’s much harder to make the right jokes.
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Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing in the corner of our room.
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The role of humour is to make people fall down and writhe on the Axminster, and that is the top and bottom of it.
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Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear.
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I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.
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Being a personality is not the same thing as having a personality.
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English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit.
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Why they emigrated is not exactly clear, but many scholars believe it was because they saw the way Sweden was going, i.e. neutral.
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To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
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The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you.
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Ethnically, the Germans are Teutonic… being made up of Vandals, Gepidae, and Goths, all of whom emigrated – south from Sweden in about 500 BC.
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But even today, ninety per cent of the items covered by the word are forgettable objects in which cigarettes can be left to go stale.
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Kumquats ripen, open and plop flatly to the floor-and outside, in a neat, trimly-hoed kitchen-garden.
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