#comma

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#aspire #chief #commander #council #i

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#command #criticism #debatable #does #fair

The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#command #had #highly #scientists #skilled

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. ↗

— Bill Watterson

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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. ↗

— E. B. White

#circus #commas #fall #knives #new

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority. ↗

— Theodore White

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