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Friedrich Nietzshe

The Germans are like women. You can scarcely ever fathom their depths--they haven't any.

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get it all together

[get it all together] {v. phr.} 1. To be in full possession and control of one's mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued. * /You've sure got it all […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

George Burns

(1896-1996) U.S. comedian There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men. www.english-slang.com

scarcely any

[scarcely any] See: [HARDLY ANY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

scarcely ever

[scarcely ever] See: [HARDLY EVER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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bring out

[bring out] {v.} 1. To cause to appear; make clear. * /His report brought out the foolishness of the plan./ * /Brushing […]

in the spotlight

[in the spotlight] {adv. phr.} In the center of attention, with everybody watching what one is doing. * /It must be […]

John Burton Brimer, writer

America is a place where Jewish merchants sell Zen love beads to agnostics for Christmas.

for hours on end

[for hours on end] {adv. phr.} For many hours; for a very long time. * /We have been trying to get this computer going for […]

master key

[master key] {n. phr.} A key that opens a set of different locks. * /The building janitor has a master key to all of the […]

Ed Howe

(1853-1937) U.S. journalist Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease.

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