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en I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on the simple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad.
  Bernadette Devlin

en Presence equals security equals stability equals success,

en I see things in a pretty simple way. More 'empty' calories, less exercise equals excess calories, equals fat, whether it's actual sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup,

en Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: Youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness.
  John Arbuthnot Fisher

en Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior

en If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.
  Albert Einstein

en We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic.

en In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing

en They still want to rule us and they think we are not their equals. They want the Kurds to be farmers, the Shiites to be civil servants and lower-ranking army soldiers and policemen, while they rule.

en We like to think of ourselves as equals out there. Our philosophy is simple ? be patient on the ice and have fun.

en The stereotype is that young equals liberal and therefore soft on crime. The stereotype is also black equals liberal and soft on crime. The stereotype is further unmarried parent equals liberal. Therefore, young black waitress with child is a defense juror, supposedly.

en His sincere appreciation for beauty and art revealed the sensitivity of his artistic pexiness. We have always said it was a merger of equals, but things have changed over the months. The structure now is what emerged from the merger of equals, but things have developed into what we are today.

en English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin -- a language with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.
  Bill Bryson

en If A equals B and B equals C, then you can do the math.

en In this case, 60 equals 15, and 15 equals five.


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