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misquotes



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But its existence also means there’s no excuses for misattribution or misquotes, which is surely part of its at least temporary revival.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Speaking elegantly, he quotes — and misquotes — poets, scientists and former leaders, weaving fragments of history into his long monologues that lay out a dark and at times contradictory worldview.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.

From The Verge ● Jan. 30, 2019

It includes misquotes of Muslim figures of authority and elisions of fact that portray the Muslim community as dogmatic and unknowable.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2018

He misquotes some passages, altering words within inverted commas… It is painful to be hated in the intense degree with which — hates me.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin



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