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Robert Burchfield, editor of the just completed (after 29 years) supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary: “When we reached zilch and zillionaire, it was like having the finishing tape in sight in a marathon.”
Jules Feiffer, 1986 Pulitzer prizewinner: “I’ve only wanted what all nice Jewish boys want: to be honest, collect paychecks and get a few prizes.”
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