| Epitheton: Very common figure that uses an adjective or adjectival phrase to characterize a person, thing, attribute, or quality; the use of a qualifying word or phrase to further describe something (e.g., "fun ride," "bad omen," "cheerful giver," "good and decent man") |
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"For if this book is a joke, it is a joke against me. It recounts my elephantine adventures in pursuit of the obvious." -- G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy |
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"Now, ordinarily -- ordinarily, I would not
take time out from the important work at hand to answer Murrow. However,
in this case I feel justified in doing so because Murrow is a symbol, a
leader, and the cleverest of the jackal pack which is always found at the
throat of anyone who dares to expose individual Communists and
traitors." -- Joseph McCarthy, CBS television prosecution of E.R. Murrow |
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"And that's the foreign
policy I want -- an America outside all these entangling alliances...."
-- Pat Buchanan, Interview with Rush Limbaugh |
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"Now, in this
anxious autumn from those heroic men, there comes
back an answering appeal."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 Stump Speech |
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"Western European nations show their determination to resist aggression. All could acquire an unbreakable strength if bundled together." -- Bernard Baruch, On the Cold War |
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"We stand today on one of
the strange promontories of human history."
-- Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 Eve of Election Address |
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"I will give the people a vision of Rome and they'll love me for it. And they'll soon forget the tedious sermonizing of a few dry old men." -- delivered by Joaquin Phoenix (from the movie Gladiator) |
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