A Quote by Ronald Reagan
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
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I'm sorry.' The two most inadequate words in the English language.
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English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings, and we borrow new words from any language that intrudes into our intellectual environment.
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