“Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.”
As quoted in With Truth as Our Sword (2005) by C E Sylvester, p. 205
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Joseph Collins The Doctor Looks at Biography (New York: George H. Doran, 1925) p. 25.
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Jet Li (1963) Chinese martial artist and actor
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