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• As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Two, Letters, Six

  "The Author", Summer 1944.

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• In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch. Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing. The result of our thinginess is our blindness to all reality that fails to identify itself as a thing, as a matter of fact.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Eye, Reality, Space

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.80, Macmillan

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• The old spelling MAGICK has been adopted throughout in order to distinguish the Science of the Magi from all its counterfeits.

  Aleister Crowley

  Order, Adopted, Counterfeit

  Aleister Crowley “Mysticism & Magick”, Lulu.com

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• I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was in uncirculated condition might be a panty dropper, and it turned out not to be. Then I stumbled into skateboarding, which kind of was cooler. But I wasn't aware of what was cool. My dad wasn't around so he couldn't shake me and say, 'Drop the coin collecting bit. It's not where you want to go.' So, that and the spelling bee and the chess, I think I had it figured out for myself.

  Adam Sandler

  Dad, Thinking, Skateboarding

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• In comedy, I hate that cop-out where you say, "Just kidding." I know you're just kidding. Don't insult my intelligence by spelling it out for me that much.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Hate, Comedy, Insult

  "Anthony Jeselnik on roasting, ripping off Jack Handey, and giving the devil his own TV show". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2013.

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• The story's what matters; spelling's overrated.

  Adam Langer

  What Matters, Stories, Overrated

  Adam Langer (2013). “The Salinger Contract: A Novel”, p.250, Open Road Media

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• We must pay close attention to the signals our body sends - the aches and pains, digestions and indigestions, increased energies and exhaustions. Our body sends us signals about the correct 'spelling' of our lives. These sensations are the sum of complex inner computations that we must learn to interpret.

  Susan Collins

  Pain, Body, Pay

  Susan Collins (1996). “Our Children Are Watching: Ten Skills for Leading the Next Generation to Success”, Barrytown/ Station Hill Press

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• When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.

  Joe Manganiello

  Drama, School, Names

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• I am better at math than spelling.

  Spike Jonze

  Math

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• Collateral learning in the way of formation of enduring attitudes, of likes and dislikes, may be and often is much more important than the spelling lesson or lesson in geography or history that is learned.

  John Dewey

  Attitude, Often Is, Likes And Dislikes

  John Dewey (1998). “Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition”, p.49, Kappa Delta Pi

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• The Goat of Mendez is the god of the witches. (Mendez is another spelling of Mendes, a city of ancient Egypt where fertility worship - Baal worship -- was practiced). Masons admit readily that Baphomet is a pagan fertility god and, more importantly, that Freemasonry is a fertility cult religion. At any rate, this mockery of Jesus is a satanic symbol and figures prominently in Satan worship.

  Kerr Cuhulain

  Jesus, Egypt, Cities

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• Spelling bees? Spelling bees do not scare me. I competed in the National Spelling Bee twice, thank you very much. My dad competed in the National Spelling Bee. My aunt competed in the National Spelling Bee. My uncle WON the National Spelling Bee. If I can't spell it, I know someone who can. So just bring it on.

  Kristin Cashore

  Uncles, Dad, Fear

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• Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than to be filthy. Good manners were no better than bad. Family life was derided as an outdated bourgeois concept. Criminals deserved as much sympathy as their victims. Many homes and classrooms became disorderly - if there was neither right nor wrong there could be no basis for punishment or reward. Violence and soft pornography became accepted in the media. Thus was sown the wind, and we are now reaping the whirlwind.

  Norman Tebbit

  Art, Home, Media

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• Cynicism is reality with an alternate spelling.

  Woody Allen

  Reality, Cynicism, Cynic

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• We`re doing everything in our power to make sure all the names are spelled correctly. We have up to eight weeks before they deliver the monument from Vermont to make any corrections in the spellings.

  Andy Ihnatko

  Names, Eight, Vermont

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• Poetry is a sequence of dots and dashes, spelling depths, crypts, cross-lights, and moon wisps.

  Carl Sandburg

  Moon, Light, Depth

  Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.317, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story.

  Louis Sachar

  Book, Mean, Stories

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• I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.

  Brenda Lee

  Reading, Champion, Firsts

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• I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It's better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.

  Tina Fey

  Basketball, Baby, Champion

  The BELIEVER Magazine Interview, www.believermag.com. November, 2003.

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• I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.

  Agatha Christie

  Writing, Letters, Originality

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