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Johnny Apple's Bartlett's Entry
Introducing a Chatterbox dictionary of quotations.
"Slurp, slurp. Yum, yum."
—R.W. Apple, Jr., "Snacker's Paradise: Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper," in the Sept. 10 New York Times.
Got an entry suitable for Bartlett's? Chatterbox seeks quotations by notables defining themselves (inadvertently) for posterity. The statements must be lapidary, self-parodistic, and accessible via the Web. E-mail quotations and URLs to chatterbox@slate.com. This series will appear irregularly.
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