[Ads-l] Most Notable Quotations of 2017 So Far? (Version Without Weird Characters)

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Tue Nov 7 20:23:34 UTC 2017


Rose McGowan was a central figure in the biggest Hollywood news story
of the year: the downfall of Harvey Weinstein. Here is one of her
notable tweets:

https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan/status/917820440910774272

[Begin excerpt]
rose mcgowan‏ Verified account @rosemcgowan
Now am I allowed to say rapist

[Tweet embedded in Rose McGowan's tweet]‏
Anthony Bourdain‏Verified account @Bourdain
Can we use the word “rapist” now? #Weinstein
[End embedded tweet]
[End excerpt]


On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 3:04 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that categories overlap. It is possible to find a "Trump
> related quotation" in each of the domains mentioned: Arts, Athletics,
> Science, Technology, Health, Law, Military.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>>> On Nov 7, 2017, at 2:31 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> The feedback you are receiving may be somewhat narrowly focused. You
>>> may wish to broaden the list by searching for interesting quotations
>>> in a variety of domains such the following:
>>>
>>> Arts, Athletics, Science, Technology, Health, Law, Military, et cetera.
>>
>> Or sports.  But I suppose you’re gonna tell me that the leading sports-related quotation--
>>
>> “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he's fired. He's fired!”
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>> —is a political quotation too.
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>> LH
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>>> Perhaps people working in the above domains could offer suggestions.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, the list could simply be relabeled as the "Notable
>>> Political Quotations in the U.S." or the "Notable Trump-related
>>> Quotations".
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>>>> (I am resending this message because the previous version had weird characters appearing in it.)
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>>>> I’m starting to think about my annual list, run by the Associated Press, of the top 10 most notable quotations of the year.  By “notable” I mean “important” or “famous” or “particularly revealing of the spirit of our times” rather than necessarily being eloquent or admirable.
>>>>
>>>> I would welcome suggestions of notable quotations from 2017, particularly ones from politics or popular culture or entertainment or sports or business or technology.
>>>>
>>>> Here are some of the contenders that I am already aware of:
>>>>
>>>> You're saying it's a falsehood ... Sean Spicer, our press secretary -- gave alternative facts.
>>>> Kellyanne Conway, 1/22/17
>>>>
>>>> Alternative facts aren't facts, they are falsehoods.
>>>> Chuck Todd
>>>>
>>>> Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.
>>>> Donald Trump, 2/27/17
>>>>
>>>> [Explaining the firing of James Comey to Russian visitors:]  I just fired the head of the F.B.I.  He was crazy, a real nut job.  I faced great pressure because of Russia.  That's taken off.
>>>> Donald Trump, 5/10/17
>>>>
>>>> [On the confrontation in Charlottesville, Virginia:]  I think there's blame on both sides, you look at, you look at both sides.
>>>> Donald Trump, 8/15/17
>>>>
>>>> Make our planet great again.
>>>> Emanuel Macron, 6/1/17
>>>>
>>>> The quotations above are all similar in nature, as might be expected given the current political landscape, but I clearly don't want all of the top 10 to be of that nature, nor to all be political in subject matter.
>>>>
>>>> Fred Shapiro
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