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  2. You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia

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    According to Google Ngram Viewer, a search engine that charts the frequencies of phrases in archived historical (written) documents over time, the eat-have order used to be the most common variant, before being surpassed by the have-eat version in the 1930s and 40s. [2] A reflection of this can be found in Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged.

  3. Standing on the shoulders of giants - Wikipedia

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    Juan Luis Vives quotes the phrase "on shoulders of giants" in his De causis corruptarum artium (1531) with disapproval: For it is a false and fond similitude, which some writers adopt, though they think it witty and suitable, that we are, compared with the ancients, as dwarfs upon the shoulders of giants. It is not so.

  4. 'I' and the 'me' - Wikipedia

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    The ' I' and the 'me ' are terms central to the social philosophy of George Herbert Mead, one of the key influences on the development of the branch of sociology called symbolic interactionism. The terms refer to the psychology of the individual, where in Mead's understanding, the "me" is the socialized aspect of the person, and the "I" is the ...

  5. Ditto mark - Wikipedia

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    The ditto mark is a shorthand sign, used mostly in hand-written text, indicating that the words or figures above it are to be repeated. [1] [2]The mark is made using "a pair of apostrophes"; [1] "a pair of marks " used underneath a word"; [3] the symbol " (quotation mark); [2] [4] or the symbol ” (right double quotation mark).

  6. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, the words spoken by the cardinal verifying that a newly-elected pope was a man, in a test employed after the reign of pope Joan. dura lex sed lex [the] law [is] harsh, but [it is the] law: A shortening of quod quidem perquam durum est, sed ita lex scripta est ("which indeed is extremely harsh, but thus was the law written").

  7. 10 of Caitlyn Jenner's most inspirational quotes - AOL

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    As today, October 28 marks her birthday, we decided to mark the occasion by compiling a list of some of Caitlyn Jenner's most inspirational quotes of the past few months. Happy birthday, Caitlyn ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    Quotation marks, when not marking an actual quotation, [d] may be interpreted as "scare quotes", indicating that the writer is distancing themself from the otherwise common interpretation of the quoted expression. The use of emphasis may turn an innocuous word into a loaded expression, so such occurrences should also be considered carefully.

  9. List of Latin phrases (A) - Wikipedia

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    i.e., "we act according to what we believe (ourselves to be)." [4] actore non probante reus absolvitur: A defendant is exonerated by the failure of the prosecution to prove its case [5] presumption of innocence: actus me invito factus non est meus actus: the act done by me against my will is not my act: actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea