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Letter "S" » sorry
«Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.»
«Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.»
«An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.»
Author: Mitch Hedberg
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Comedian)
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Keywords:
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escalator,
escalators,
out of order,
sorry,
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stair,
stairs,
temporarily,
up the stairs
«I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.»
«I'm sorry Inigo. I didn't mean to jog him so hard.»
«Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
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Academy A,
at present,
conception,
discoveries,
Europe,
experiment,
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hence,
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rapid,
rapids,
sorry,
The academy
«If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.»
«Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.»
Author: Dale Carnegie
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Keywords:
condition,
energy,
habit,
not only,
possibly,
sorrier,
sorriest,
sorry,
sorry for,
waste,
waste of energy,
worst
«Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.»
«If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.»