cliche

• “The ‘drive liberals crazy’ cliche is a value judgement.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Against Craziness

• “This handy-dandy cliche is generally attributed to Simone de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex – this translation is from Wikiquote:”

  Yet another trans 101, in which Helen tells cis people What’s What

• “Turns out the environmental message that a lot of American reviewers thought was trite and cliche is really not for people actually fighting to protect their land.”

  Three For Sunday « Gerry Canavan

• “It was only funny to me because Locke said it in the premiere, but the cliche is starting to wear thin as he repeats it in episode 3.”

  The Tail Section » Three Video Clips from “Jughead”

• “The cliche is of course that people use these occasions to hook up with old flames; I did enjoy chatting to those I had snogged back in the day, but nothing further was likely to happen - at least one of them had completely forgotten our brief encounter, and for something that seemed so important at the time I confess the details have mostly slipped my mind too.”

  President Kaczyński

• “But the most interesting aspect of the cliche is how it is used to hide a sleight of the materialist hand.”

  2009 July - Telic Thoughts

• “Xavier - A perfect example for me of how the film avoided or subverted cliche is the development of the love story.”

  The Anatomy of “District 9″ - Eric’s review » Scene-Stealers

• “It has become woefully steeped in cliche for me in the last three episodes.”

  True Blood--Again...Episode 9

• “Is that a cliche from the bar down the street about running tabs or something?”

  Matthew Yglesias » Ben Bernanke Has Ways of Making Banks Lend

• “What might be mistaken for sentimentality and cliche is really strong, upon closer examination, with the feeling of an absolute and abject loss.”

  The Poet Alfred Edward Housman « Unknowing

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