William Strunk, Jr. Quotes
The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.
William Strunk, Jr.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
Fleur East
A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
Sabrina Carpenter
It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.
Kate Bush
I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
Walter Isaacson
What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.
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One may gain attention by wearing a fools cap. But he would ruin his selling prospects.
Claude C. Hopkins
When I wrote a long story about the retreat of sea ice, I made clear it could go the other way for a while, and that doesn't mean we don't know that a warmer world will have less sea ice. It just means there's a lot of variability and people can pay too much attention to the big swings in one direction or the other.
Andrew Revkin
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
George Bernard Shaw
I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.
Gabrielle Bernstein
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.
William Strunk, Jr.