Jesse Sheidlower Quotes

• In general, American slang is much better than English slang. The entire world picks up American slang.

  Jesse Sheidlower

  World, Slang, Picks

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• When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they were younger because the books have this wonder in everyday things that isn't bogged down by excessively grown-up concerns or the need to be subtle or coy... when you read these books as an adult, it tends to bring back the sense of newness and discovery that I tend not to get from adult fiction.

  Jesse Sheidlower

  Book, Discovery, Everyday Things

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