July 2011
32 posts
Seinfeld'isms on the English Language
Let’s face it — English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are...
Anonymous asked: PB&J or ham&cheese?
Anonymous asked: Wendy's or Tim Hortons?
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.
– George Eliot (via bookmania)
I am a part of all I have seen.
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Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of...
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People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
– John Harrigan
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Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly — all...
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so...
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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
– Ernest Hemingway
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write...
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
– Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums)
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart.
Everybody sees...
– Paul Simon