When money gets too far away from actual, physical, real equity and property it gets too abstract and too distantly derived and then suddenly it's not worth anything anymore. And the same is true of language.
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up aroun… - Roy Blount, Jr.
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up aroun…
- Roy Blount, Jr.
Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too la… - Roy Blount, Jr.
Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too la…
Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the a… - Roy Blount, Jr.
Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the a…
Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party. - Roy Blount, Jr.
Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions. - Roy Blount, Jr.
A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.
The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South. - Roy Blount, Jr.
The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.
Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always soun… - Roy Blount, Jr.
Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always soun…
I do not Twitter. I don't want to Twitter, and I don't see any point in Twittering. The last thing I want to do is tell people what I'm doing at the … - Roy Blount, Jr.
I do not Twitter. I don't want to Twitter, and I don't see any point in Twittering. The last thing I want to do is tell people what I'm doing at the …
Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football. - Roy Blount, Jr.
Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.
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