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quote

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UK /kwəʊt/US /kwəʊt/
noun

a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful

verb

to repeat the exact words that another person has said or written

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Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED video example

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But first, let's get philosophical by starting with this quote by Voltaire, an 18th century Enlightenment philosopher, who said, "Common sense is not so common."

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