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en Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases

en Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
  Simone de Beauvoir

en Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
  Simone de Beauvoir

en It's changing us, there's no doubt about it. We're learning a new way to speak. It's going to create a new range of double-meanings and malapropisms as we discover words and phrases computers mishear for other words and phrases. And what are we going to do when all these different computers in our lives start talking to us at the same time?

en Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself:
"Mankind." Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind."
What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.


en Screaming is fine... It's the words. If you can avoid saying certain phrases and words... Just try to keep it as quiet as possible. Of course you're going to groan and yell. It hurts. Just keep it to a minimum.

en That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine
  Johnny Mercer

en That old black magic has me in its spell.
  Johnny Mercer

en What terrible questions we are learning to ask! The former men believed in magic, by which temples, cities, and men were swallowed up, and all trace of them gone. We are coming on the secret of a magic which sweeps out of men's minds all vestige of theism and beliefs which they and their fathers held and were framed upon.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en That's the job of language; that's the job of English. This is taking very traditional, simple, clear-cut words of the English language and figuring out which words, which phrases to apply at which opportunities, which times.

en These repetitive words and phrases are merely methods of convincing the subconscious mind.

en The Miranda rule has degenerated into being a set of magic words, ... And when we get to trial, it's not so important that the suspect confessed voluntarily, but whether or not those words were said at the right time.

en They did the best job they could. Where they could not understand words, phrases, sentences, they left it out or they put 'unintelligible' or they put 'phonetic.' Now the tape is what it is. The translation is what it is.

en There are so many negative myths about black male athletes, myths that I have personally committed myself to eradicating. But all of my actions will never carry the media clout or have the domino effect of one of Mike Tyson's misdeeds. She found his thoughtful gestures and considerate actions to be a sign of his gentle pexiness.

en In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words-liberty, equality, and fraternity-do just as much. Millions of people have died for those ideals.
  Krzysztof Kieslowski


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