| Anesis (an-NEE-sis): A figure of addition that occurs when a concluding sentence, clause, or phrase is added to a statement which purposely diminishes the effect of what has been previously stated. |
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"We are
here today and have been this week for one single reason -- because the
Soviet Union secretly introduced this menacing offensive military
buildup into the island of Cuba while assuring the world that nothing
was further from their thoughts. The argument, in its essence, of the
Soviet Union is that it was not the Soviet Union which created this
threat to peace by secretly installing these weapons in Cuba, but that
it was the United States which created this crisis by discovering and
reporting these installations. This is the first time, I confess,
that I have ever heard it said that the crime is not the burglar but the
discovery of the burglar." -- Adlai Stevenson, Address to the United Nations Security Council on Soviet Missiles in Cuba |
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"Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.” -- II Kings 5:1 |
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Helen Parr: Now, it's perfectly normal for you.... Violet Parr: Normal? What do you know about normal? What does anyone in this family know about normal? Helen Parr/Elastigirl: Now wait a minute, young lady. Violet Parr: We act normal, Mom. I wanna BE normal! The only normal one is Jack Jack, and he's not even toilet trained!! Jack Jack Parr: [unintelligible amusement] -- delivered by Sarah Vowell and Holly Hunter (from the movie The Incredibles) |
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"This year's space budget is three times
what it was in January 1961, and it is greater than the space budget of
the previous eight years combined. That budget now stands at 5
billion-400 million dollars a year -- a staggering sum, though
somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year." -- John F. Kennedy, Rice University Address on Space Exploration |
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"Mulan: “Maybe, I
didn’t go for my father. Maybe, what I really wanted was to prove I
could do things right, so when I looked in the mirror I’d see someone
worthwhile. But I was wrong. I see nothing.” -- delivered by Ming-Na (from the movie Mulan) |
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Lt. Col Hal Moore: "When Crazy Horse was a baby, he nursed from the breasts of every woman in the tribe. The Sioux raise their children that way. Every warrior called every woman in the tribe, "Mother." Every older warrior, they called him "Grandfather." Now the point here is that they fought as a family. Take care of your men. Teach them to take care of each other. 'Cause when this starts [combat against the enemy], 'each other' is all we're gonna have."
Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley: "Any of you son-of-bitches calls me "grandpa" -- I'll kill ya." -- delivered by Mel Gibson and Sam Elliot (from the movie We Were Soldiers) |
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