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  1. Hey, #editors! My #colleague @lepoole says #quoting #song #lyrics in #books & other #publications is a minefield. She should know: She's a magnet for lyrics. 🧲 In her blog post for The Quad, she tells you what you need to know: quadlings.com/quoting-song-lyr

  2. A quotation from Montaigne

    I only quote others the better to quote myself.
     
    [Je ne dis les autres, sinon pour d’autant plus me dire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 25 (1.25), “Of the Education of Children [De l’institution des enfans]” (1579) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.26]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #clarity #expression #inspiration #phrasing #quotations #quoter #quoting #wording

  3. Andrew Bruce Davidson, Scottish minister, on Job’s defense against accusers (31:13-15). Job’s position couldda allowed him to despise the complaints of servants, except they were persons with rights, children of an avenging God.

    Could we stand a shift of burden to the employer not to cause a complaint? What kind of business would that be?

    How can you treat those who work for you, or supply you with services, as persons with rights?

    #christian #quoting #calvinism #christbody #waterforall

  4. TFW you type:

    `mkdir Multi Word Expression`

    and you forget to put the stupid quotes. What I wanted was:

    `mkdir 'Multi Word Expression'`

    :headache:

    #TFW #mkdir #quoting #linux #unix