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tongue-tied Quotes

Five of the best book quotes about tongue-tied
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“I’m so great even I get tongue-tied talking to myself.”
Douglas Adams
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
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“I don’t like this trick, sir. My tongue isn’t quick quick or slick, sir. I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, mixed up with chicks and tocks, sir. I can’t do it, Mr. Fox, sir. ”
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“Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please . . . Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breezy blew. Freezy breezy made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze. That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze. ”
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“i can’t blab such blibber blubber! My tongue isn’t made of rubber. Mr. Knox. Now come now. Come now. You don’t have to be so dumb now ...”
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“I went closer. Flames still crept and licked at the blackened beams. There was no sign of my mother or my sisters. I tried to call out, but my tongue had suddenly become too big for my mouth, and the smoke was choking me and making my eyes stream. The whole village was on fire, but where was everyone?”

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