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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 22, 2026
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
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William Safire (1929 - )  
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They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
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Garrison Keillor (1942 - )  
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
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Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)  
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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
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P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)  
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