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Erin McKean

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Quotes by Erin McKean

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All words have life cycles.
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Words take on many different meanings.
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'Aging' has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying.
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I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There’s something about the feeling of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.
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And I don’t like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don’t car how careful you are, they’re just plain messy. I can’t believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me.
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Serendipity is when you find things you weren’t looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult.
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People say to me, ‘How do I know if a word is real?’ You know, anybody who’s read a children’s book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it. That makes it real.
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Lexicographers are language reporters.
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All language is a popularity contest.
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Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult.
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