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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 23, 2020
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
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Burt Bacharach (1928 - )  
Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she meets and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.
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Rick Polito, Marin Independent Journal's TV listing for "The Wizard of Oz"  
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
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John Cage (1912 - 1992)  
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
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Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)  
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