The English had hit proverb

 The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.

 The lectures are intended to offer the students an opportunity to learn more about Hispanic countries and their splendid culture.

 We never intended any major news outlet to take this seriously. It was an April Fool's joke.

 It was very very English. It was like a sort licensed national dirty joke.

 He's an English teacher. He thought it was pretty funny. We kind of laughed at him, not at the joke. He's always trying to loosen us up, and it helped us.

 The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the imposing personages of a splendid procession: it is by them the mob are influenced; it is they whom the spectators cheer. The real rulers are secreted in second-rate carriages; no one cares for them or asks after them, but they are obeyed implicitly and unconsciously by reason of the splendor of those who eclipsed and preceded them.
  Walter Bagehot

 I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls off a string.

 Every time we catch an intended target, the confidence increases in my men.

 I'm angry, but at the same time, I miss my son. Whether they catch the gentlemen or don't catch him, that doesn't matter to me at this point. It's not going to bring my son back, but I'm just thankful that God gave him to me for 18 years. I just wish it would have been a little longer.

 He has a rich history with this joke. This joke was his favorite joke in the world,

 The other side said (there are) 799 federal and state laws mandating the use of English. ... We would say those kinds of laws are not at issue here, ... I think that English is the official language of this country in a practical sense already. And I think that most people who come here both learn English and want to learn English.

 The other side said (there are) 799 federal and state laws mandating the use of English. ... We would say those kinds of laws are not at issue here. I think that English is the official language of this country in a practical sense already. And I think that most people who come here both learn English and want to learn English.

 Preliminary indications from the school indicate (the student) probably said it in passing, as an off-hand joke. But you don't just joke around about things like that. Of all the times in the world to make a joke about bombing a school, this was clearly not the time.

 One of our best managers, her second language is English. We needed her to get better at English to be able to leave her alone in the restaurant. I heard somebody compliment her today on her English.

 One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare.
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