"Just make sure you all don't take none of that food into none of them galleries." How many teachers do you think winced at the security guard's grammar? But her meaning was crystal clear - far more so than many lines delivered by teachers (sometimes including myself) when we are trying oh-so-delicately to discuss a child's behavior without questioning their character.
Seen on a WWII poster in the museum: "We will win, because we're on God's side." Normally I would say its presumptuous at best, defining what "God's side" really is. WWII was a rare moment when the answer was crystal clear. I also found it refreshing - it wasn't "God is on our side," but the other way around. Many politicians (and regular folk) have it backwards - they put country first, and assume God will come around to us.
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