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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

eric berne

— Games People Play: the Psychology of Human Relations (1964)

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Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

Alexander Pope

— Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (1733-34), Epistle III, line 53.

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What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye?

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act IV, scene 3, line 177.

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Some jay of Italy, Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him: Poor I am stale, a garment out of fashion.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act iii, Scene 4.

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Some jay of Italy, Whose mother was her painting, hath betray’d him: Poor I am stale, a garment out of fashion.


— Imogen, scene iv

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This week, NBC told us five years in advance that Conan O'Brien will take over for jay Leno, but the network still hasn't said who'll take over for Jimmy Fallon this weekend.


— Now ironic quote from Entertainment Weekly from October 1, 2004 about a replacement Weekend Update anchor
— Susman, Gary (2004-10-01), "Riggle Room". EW.com (accessed 2009-02-05)

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See, I thought that jay has had too many high class, very hoity-toity guests on this week. And I wanted to bring everything down a notch or two.

megan mullally

— Appearing on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno"

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I do not believe that since man was in the habit of living on this planet anyone has ever lived possessed of the impudence of jay Gould.

jay gould

— Robert G. Ingersoll, in Richard O'Connor, Gould's Millions, Greenwood Press, 1973, ISBN 0-837-16875-9, p. 132

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My name has been associated with that of Mr. jay Gould and others in connection with the speculation, and gross injustice has been done me thereby.… You have my authority for stating that I consider Mr. jay Gould a damned villain.

jay gould

— Cornelius Vanderbilt, letter to the Chicago Daily Tribune (1 December 1872), regarding speculation in the Chicago and North Western railroad

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As late as the summer of 1941, the Atlantic Monthly , then a still respected magazine for literates and edited by White men, published a long article by Albert jay Nock, in which he proved that the Jews are an Oriental race that is incompatible with ours. He was not punished and the magazine was not destroyed, strange and almost incredible as that seems today.

revilo p. oliver

— "A World Grown Grey With Their Breath", Liberty Bell magazine (January 1988)

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"Fine. Your oatmeal spread in the fridge would go too, but it's already been opened. That stuff was disgusting." "jay, thats my facial scrub."

rob payne

— Chapter 17, p. 141

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With his silver shorts and peroxided feather do, this Aussie was more Alex jay in a low-budget sci-fi porno than rebel retiree with an interest in the Renaissance.


— "Put an end to dangling conversations". Cape Argus (South Africa: Independent Online): p. 13. 16 September 2008. 

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"Fine. Your oatmeal spread in the fridge would go too, but it's already been opened. That stuff was disgusting." "jay, thats my facial scrub."


— Chapter 17, p. 141 (Working Class Zero (2003))

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It's very sad how in the information age you cannot get information into people's heads as long as you write something on the internet and do not add LOL it is true :;: "I'm not sure he's a Christian." I'm not sure he's a mammal , jay. He could be a werewolf .


— Bill Maher (2010), on growth of rumors and reports of Barack Obama being a "secret Muslim", in an interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (13 September 2010)

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When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.


— Daniel Webster, at a public dinner, New York City (March 10, 1831); in The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster (1903), vol. 2, p. 51. The dinner was given in Webster's honor by the citizens of New York, to thank him for his defense of the Constitution in the previous session of Congress.

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jay Leno - Tonight Show host - "We have Vince Young on the show tonight...We were able to do something USC couldn't do, we grabbed him."


— Leno, Jay (2006-01-05). "Monologue". Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Retrieved on 2006-07-24. 

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As late as the summer of 1941, the Atlantic Monthly , then a still respected magazine for literates and edited by White men, published a long article by Albert jay Nock, in which he proved that the Jews are an Oriental race that is incompatible with ours. He was not punished and the magazine was not destroyed, strange and almost incredible as that seems today.


— "A World Grown Grey With Their Breath", Liberty Bell magazine (January 1988)

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What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful?

william shakespeare

— Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, Scene iii, line 172-3.

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It's very sad how in the information age you cannot get information into people's heads. As long as you write something on the internet and do not add LOL — it is true. "I'm not sure he's a Christian" — I'm not sure he's a mammal, jay. He could be a werewolf.

bill maher

— Interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (13 September 2010)

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