His petulance is becoming legendary, whether giving peevish speeches at the Grammys or whining about Time magazine misquoting him.

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For the record, accusing me of misquoting him is false, and accusing me of doing it deliberately is, frankly, libelous.

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But in the United States, where respect for the Bible remains high, the left more often attempts to appropriate religious language, misquoting it in support of statist solutions.

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Cynics will tell you that this misquoting is part and parcel of politics, even though in this case the Brown campaign misused copyrighted material from my interview for their commercial, which is of course illegal.

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"Do not overdo the clever clogs in terms of quoting (or misquoting) as there will be those present delighted to put you right just after you breathe the sigh of relief that it's all over, " I was warned.

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