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have misquoted

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She famously bemoaned his birth in a cruel letter, which Okrent suggests Sondheim may have misquoted.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

“First of all, I think Julian might have misquoted me,” Belichick said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2019

“First of all, I think Julian might have misquoted me,” he replied, to laughter from the floor.

From The Guardian Feb. 4, 2019

“The story line is a parody of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth,’ but I have misquoted from many of his plays.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2010

The letter contains two lines of a hymn which you have misquoted.

From Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott by Rutherford, Mark

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