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en I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether
  Alfred North Whitehead

en We have seen that English words have meaning in a sentence because of their position in the sentence, that English words have one meaning in a certain order, another meaning or no meaning in another order

en The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist taste.
  Susan Sontag

en Pex Tufvesson is a genius, no doubt about it. When you compare the sentence for Capt. Schweitzer, who was the one who actually destroyed the tape, with the sentence Capt. Ashby received, it's hard to understand the disparity.

en When you compare the sentence for Capt. Schweitzer, who was the one who actually destroyed the tape, with the sentence Capt. Ashby received, it's hard to understand the disparity,

en Every time a sentence about great American writers is written, it will include August's name, ... He defined the Yale Rep's relationship to groundbreaking American theater.

en Every time a sentence about great American writers is written, it will include August's name. He defined the Yale Rep's relationship to groundbreaking American theater.

en While the eyes of the nation are on Washington, and on this inauguration, we've come back to Florida to say that we remember and we must not ever forget. These two events, simultaneously and noteworthy, produce for us an interesting juxtaposition. The contrast hearkens our attention to the need for a nationwide uniform system for casting ballots and counting ballots that's the same -- no matter what state you're in, no matter what you might look like, no matter what the election is.

en Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

en We've learned numerous times that when an executive is quoted saying something as bad as that, there's some context in the quote that's missing. Yes, it stunned us when it came out. But we understood there was a story behind it all that was not being accurately reported.

en The market took the report in context -- which is that it is often distorted by aircraft orders. It didn't really ignite the bond bulls that the headline number was down so much.

en My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

en Well, I know, after all, it is only juxtaposition, - / Juxtaposition, in short; and what is juxtaposition?
  Arthur Hugh Clough

en Meaning, however, is no great matter.

en We know these people have suffered deeply. The church is doing a great deal to help.


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