"...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."

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Source : William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). “the Elements of Style”

William Strunk, Jr.

#Stronger Quotes #Vigor Quotes #Made Quotes

“The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.”
“For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.”

Source : Source: espn.go.com
“I am in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be.”

Source : Claire Keegan (2010). “Foster”, p.11, Faber & Faber
“Men are but children of a larger growth.”
“Honesty is the precondition for genuine scientific and scholarly work.”

Source : Leo Baeck (1950). “The interrelations of Judaism, science, philosophy and ethics: Judaism, the Jew and The State of Israel”
“The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.”
“You're trying to make someone wet their pants and you're trying to make somebody crap in their pants. That's the motivation of a comic. Who else has that power?”
“How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.”

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