[Ads-l] Desperate Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of 2014

[Dan Goncharoff]

is that relevant? Few heard it before it was made public in 2014.
On Nov 19, 2014 3:42 PM, "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Desperate Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of 2014
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Note that this is also not a 2014 quote.=0A=
> =0A=
> Fred Shapiro=0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> ________________________________________=0A=
> From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Tom
> Zu=
> rinskas [truespel at HOTMAIL.COM]=0A=
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:25 PM=0A=
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU=0A=
> Subject: Re: Desperate Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of 2014=0A=
> =0A=
> On Obamacare as being a disguised tax  "They proposed it and that passed,
> b=
> ecause the American people are too stupid to understand the
> difference,"=0A=
> Washington (CNN) -- Years-old but newly scrutinized videos of MIT
> economics=
>  professor Jonathan Gruber ignited a political firestorm this week because
> =
> the self-described architect of Obamacare thanks "the stupidity of the
> Amer=
> ican voter" for leading to passage of the president's signature piece of
> le=
> gislation"Let's first look at what Gruber actually said: He was defending
> t=
> he fact that the law was written behind closed doors and he said Democrats
> =
> intentionally made the law confusing to mask the fact that the law
> institut=
> ed a new tax to pay for health reform. Why'd the Democrats do this? Voters
> =
> don't like new taxes. Gruber said it was more important to get health
> refor=
> m than to be up front."It's a very clever, you know, basic exploitation of
> =
> the lack of economic understanding of the American voter," Gruber said at
> t=
> he Honors Colloquium 2012 at the University of Rhode Island.And: "They
> prop=
> osed it and that passed, because the American people are too stupid to
> unde=
> rstand the difference," he said at Washington University at St. Louis in
> 20=
> 13.The brunt of Gruber's argument is that policymakers crafting the law
> had=
>  to take politics into account. And politics means that politicians prefer
> =
> to vote for a tax on insurance companies that will ultimately get passed
> on=
>  to consumers, rather than voting for a tax on consumers outright, for
> exam=
> ple.Gruber's "stupid" comments are summed up his contention that people
> don=
> 't want to pay more taxes, even when they want cheaper or better things. "=
> =0A=
> Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 12.See how English
> spelli=
> ng links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk=0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:53:31 -0800=0A=
> > From: scarequotes at GMAIL.COM=0A=
> > Subject: Re: Desperate Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of 2014=0A=
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU=0A=
> >=0A=
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------=
> ------=0A=
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>=0A=
> > Poster:       James Callan <scarequotes at GMAIL.COM>=0A=
> > Subject:      Re: Desperate Last Plea for Most Notable Quotations of
> 2014=
> =0A=
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
> ------=0A=
> >=0A=
> > >=0A=
> > > > It's November 11 and I still don't have 10 quotations that I
> consider=
>  t=3D=0A=
> > o=0A=
> > > be=0A=
> > > >  suitable for my annual list, run by the Associated Press, of the
> top=
>  1=3D=0A=
> > 0=0A=
> > > most=0A=
> > > > notable quotations of the year.  By notable I mean important=0A=
> > > >  or famous or particularly revealing of the spirit of our times=0A=
> > > >  rather than necessarily being eloquent or admirable.  So I am
> renewi=
> ng=0A=
> > > my=0A=
> > > > plea for suggestions of notable quotations from 2014, particularly
> on=
> es=0A=
> > > from=0A=
> > > > politics or popular culture or entertainment or sports or business
> or=
> =0A=
> > > > technology.=0A=
> > >=0A=
> >=0A=
> > Entertainment quotes that might qualify:=0A=
> >=0A=
> > From Dylan Farrow's open letter in the New York Times:
> "What=3DE2=3D80=3D=
> 99s your=0A=
> > favorite Woody Allen movie? Before you answer, you should know: when I
> wa=
> s=0A=
> > seven years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim,=
> =0A=
> > closet-like attic on the second floor of our house. He told me to lay on
> =
> my=0A=
> > stomach and play with my brother=3DE2=3D80=3D99s electric train set.
> Then=
>  he sexu=3D=0A=
> > ally=0A=
> > assaulted me."=0A=
> >=0A=
> > From Shia LaBeouf's public art in response to plagiarism accusations: "I
> =
> am=0A=
> > not famous anymore" written on a paper bag worn on his head.=0A=
> >=0A=
> > From The Lego Movie: "Everything is awesome!"=0A=
> >=0A=
> > ------------------------------------------------------------=0A=
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org=0A=
> =0A=
> ------------------------------------------------------------=0A=
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org=0A=
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org