Source: The Hunger Games
“I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.”
"Sitting on the Bench" (1961)
Beyond the Fringe (1960 - 1966)
Context: I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart http://www.cc.com/video-clips/svsqnx/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-joe-biden ()
2000s, 2004
CNN Democratic Presidential Town Hall http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/may/10/context-hillary-clintons-comments-about-coal-jobs/ in Columbus, Ohio (13 March 2016)
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016)
As quoted in All Our Relations Native Struggle For Land & Life (1999), pg.101
Then if you ask your grandmother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a girl, she also says, "Why, of course, I did, child," but if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those days, she says she never heard of his having a goat. Perhaps she has forgotten, just as she sometimes forgets your name and calls you Mildred, which is your mother's name. Still, she could hardly forget such an important thing as the goat. Therefore there was no goat when your grandmother was a little girl. This shows that, in telling the story of Peter Pan, to begin with the goat (as most people do) is as silly as to put on your jacket before your vest.
Of course, it also shows that Peter is ever so old, but he is really always the same age, so that does not matter in the least.
Source: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 14
a person who feels happy or sad
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
