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Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.


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Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.



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The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.



If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.

If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.



The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.

The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.



Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.



There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.



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Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.



Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.



Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.



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We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it.





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I need you like a blossom needs rain, like the winter ground needs spring-to soothe my parched soul.



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I used to be married to a woman who pursued every spiritual trend with tremendous passion and dragged me along. I don't believe in anything. I'd seen mediums and readers.



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The brain is not a bag of traits. It's startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind.



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When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are... and what you do and what you make.



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The more defensive a society, the more conformist.



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I'm gonna catch you with your head down tonight. I'm gonna take it off.




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