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This self-serving quotation has the ring of a memory fashioned in retrospect.
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Paraphrasing is a useful timesaver, as it is not always convenient to stop and look up a quotation when making a point, especially if the situation is urgent, as this one surely was.
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There is also a fond quotation of a famous scene from its first sequel, “Aliens.”
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He became more overt about his faith, praying in public and weaving Bible quotations into speeches.
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I didn’t put that in quotation marks because Chomsky apparently never said it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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