"Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?"
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"Correctitude implies nowadays a formal or fastidious use of words; and what is wanted is not so much the correct as the living use of words. It is the memory of the meaning of a word which is the life of the word."
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"I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life."
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"I think I have over 60 apps on my iPhone. I use six."
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"The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes a sequel conceivable when compared with, say, the plot of 'Hamlet' but none is planned."
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"But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use to someone, we should find consolation in the thought of the sacrifice."
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"I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or upsetting to me personally, it all finds its way in there."
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"I like to make use of what I know"
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"He always had a chip on his shoulder that he was ready to use to kindle an argument."
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"The printing press had a very liberatory effect that meant individuals - small groups could produce radical pamphlets - could use it for organizing."
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"The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism."
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"When people know we are ready to use nuclear weapons, they're going to back off if we do something aggressive. So basically, nuclear weapons are always being used."
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"My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence."
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"I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything."
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"To use the terms that are reserved for official enemies, it is the commissars and apparatchiks, not the dissidents, who are respected and privileged within their own societies."
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"There is undoubtedly much to learn about the social uses of language, for communication or for other purposes. But at present there is not much in the way of a theory of sociolinguistics, of social uses of languages, as far as I am aware."
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"In America, we will use force whenever we like against anyone we regard as a potential threat, and maybe we will delegate that right to clients, but it's not for others."
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"You also have to get beyond that to dismantle the system of production for profit rather than production for use. That means dismantling at least large parts of market systems."
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"Take Google - I can use it, you can use it, anyone else can use it, but we all know its designed so that private power can influence significantly how you access it."
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"Fed and electoral college could use some tinkering, but they are not the source of the problems."
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