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To: RummyChick
I grew up with those phrase and hear them countless time over my 63 years - if you're interested in finding the phrases or permutations of them, have at it.

Another interesting factoid is that having some of the same words/phrases that occur naturally in everyday life does not constitute plagiarism - if it was in a published document with appropriate protections, and exactly word for word, then it is plagiarism.From url: https://peripheralsperspective.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/a-mans-word-is-his-bond-or-is-it/ A phrase attributed to Miguel de Cervantes is: “An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.” This was a standard in the early days of our nation. It continues as an innate readiness for many today. Somewhere along the way, Situational Ethics was introduced and accepted as a reasonable lifestyle, and the Philosophy that the end justifies the means was embraced. This is a very old phrase dating back and attributed to “The Greek playwright Sophocles who wrote in Electra (c 409 B.C.), ‘The end excuses any evil,’ a thought later rendered by the Roman poet Ovid as ‘The result justifies the deed’ in ‘Heroides’ (c. 10 B.C.).” [From “Wise Words and Wives’ Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New” by Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner, Avon Books, New York, 1993].

From a Moody Blues song (and other sources if one wants to look:

Say what you mean, mean what you say There's a "Strength of your Dreams" book out from 1998.

Moot point since a speech writer just accepted blame for the quotes and offered to resign - Trump said "No" to the resignation offer.

Many trying to make so much hash out of a teaspoon of hamburger and a quarter onion that it's insane.

40 posted on 07/20/2016 10:03:29 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

It isn’t enough to say you have heard the cliches.

I have used all of them.

You cannot find those 23 words strung together anywhere in that same order. At least I haven’t and no one else has shown me a link that does.

Instead, people keep trying to find me bits and pieces to advance it couldn’t have happened.

It was OBVIOUS it happened. And now the speechwriter has admitted it.


42 posted on 07/20/2016 10:07:35 AM PDT by RummyChick
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