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You can believe what hype you read, but when you are in it day to day, this sort of self-promotional approach seen here is recognized by the trade as the "last refuge of scoundrels" (to mis-quote Johnson). my last post on the subject - Good day.
New da Vinci Discovered Thanks to Hunch and A Fingerprint » E-Mail 2009
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They oughtta be careful about the way they describe that -- a mis-statement or mis-quote can really undermine what should be an easy argument for more investment in housing based on desperate, enormous need.
Puget Sound Sees 50 Percent Decline in New Households « PubliCola 2010
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You can believe what hype you read, but when you are in it day to day, this sort of self-promotional approach seen here is recognized by the trade as the "last refuge of scoundrels" (to mis-quote Johnson). my last post on the subject - Good day.
New da Vinci Discovered Thanks to Hunch and A Fingerprint 2009
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The AP wouldn't mis-quote Sarah, because it would make them look like idiots.
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This is a total mis-quote, but it's something about 'saving the galaxy from oppression using love and passion.'
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This is SO wrong that I'm guessing it is either a mis-quote or was taken out of a context in which it made some sort of sense.
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And our current favourite mis-quote, so funny we havent 'bothered to tell her what the real words are:
Laughable Quotes kittenpie 2008
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I rather like the mis-quote from the Club of Rome:
Piers Throws Benny Under the Bus EliRabett 2010
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And our current favourite mis-quote, so funny we havent 'bothered to tell her what the real words are:
Archive 2008-08-01 kittenpie 2008
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Most people who make their living off the current code mis-represent it, mis-quote it and degrade it because their personal wants and needs exceed any degree of caring they have for the overall country.
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