Mythbusters: Famous Sayings


	Mythbusters: Famous Sayings

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6-15-2009 2:13 PM

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more: British PM Jim Callaghan never said “Crisis? What crisis?” – a hostile press invented the career-killing phrase on his behalf.

Headline writers can also claim Harold Macmillan’s “You’ve never had it so good”.

Sadly, nobody really thought JFK said “I am a doughnut” on a visit to Berlin; pedantically, his attempt at “I am a Berliner” should have left out the indefinite article, but the crowd reaction showed that no one doubted what he meant.

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