Notable Quotations of 2007 Sought

[Wilson Gray]

"Fame's a bitch, but you still want to tap that ass." - David Spade
(or one of his writers)

-Wison

On 3/4/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> On 3/4/07, Sam Clements <SClements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> > > In order to help me respond to media inquries, I would welcome any
> > > suggestions
> > > of what are the most notable quotations of 2007.  Because of a particular
> > > deadline pressure, responses by Sunday night would be particularly useful,
> > > although responses after that will also be very welcome.
> >
> > While I doubt that it will be long remembered by the mainstream, I thought
> > Anne Coulter's address this week at CPAC was memorable:
> >
> > "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential
> > candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you
> > use the word 'faggot-so..'"
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> There have been a few other memorable gaffes or semi-gaffes, like Joe
> Biden's characterization of Barack Obama as "the first mainstream
> African-American ... who is articulate and bright and clean and a
> nice-looking guy."
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> --Ben Zimmer
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