The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations

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WITH NUMEROUS NEW, INTRIGUING AND IRRESISTIBLE ADDITIONS FROM PRINCESS ANNE TO DARRYL F. ZANUCK Quirky, funny, serious, witty and provoking - this is a comprehensive round-up of all that has been said or written of note during this century. The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations was first published just in time to record President Nixon's apocalyptic overstatement on the moon landing: 'This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation.' Yet people have been saying, writing and singing a myriad of memorabilia in this last decade - comedians and columnists, bandits and bankers, politicians and pop-singers. A classic collection like the editors' complementary The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations is crammed with lines that cannot be excluded. But one that is entirely devoted to the twentieth century has relatively few obligatory entries, though 'the wind of change' and 'the buck stops here' are of co.urse included. This dictionary, therefore, can afford to be... Tovább

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WITH NUMEROUS NEW, INTRIGUING AND IRRESISTIBLE ADDITIONS FROM PRINCESS ANNE TO DARRYL F. ZANUCK Quirky, funny, serious, witty and provoking - this is a comprehensive round-up of all that has been said or written of note during this century. The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations was first published just in time to record President Nixon's apocalyptic overstatement on the moon landing: 'This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation.' Yet people have been saying, writing and singing a myriad of memorabilia in this last decade - comedians and columnists, bandits and bankers, politicians and pop-singers. A classic collection like the editors' complementary The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations is crammed with lines that cannot be excluded. But one that is entirely devoted to the twentieth century has relatively few obligatory entries, though 'the wind of change' and 'the buck stops here' are of co.urse included. This dictionary, therefore, can afford to be more generous and augmenj the remembered phrases with those that deserve to be remembered. Thus it is alsó an anthology to be dipped into for amusement as often as for reference. The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations has been enriched by suggestions from countless correspondents. Their help will continue to be welcome in spotting the phrases of the eighties. Vissza