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Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.

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J. L. Austin

After all we speak of people 'taking refuge' in vagueness -the more precise you are, in general the more likely you are to be wrong, whereas you stand a good chance of not being wrong if you make it vague enough.

Chance, Good, Make, People, Vague, Vagueness
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Faced with the nonsense question 'What is the meaning of a word?' and perhaps dimly recognizing it to be nonsense, we are nevertheless not inclined to give it up.

Give, Giving, Nonsense, Perhaps, Question, Recognizing

I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels.

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Ordinary language embodies the metaphysics of the Stone Age.

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You are more than entitled not to know what the word 'performative' means. It is a new word and an ugly word, and perhaps it doesnot mean anything very much. But at any rate there is one thing in its favor, it is not a profound word.

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Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an if in the offing--suppressed, it may be, but due nevertheless to appear when we set out our sentence in full or when we give an explanation of its meaning?

Cans, Done, Full, Give, Giving, May
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