"Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid."

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Source : Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1931). “The King's English”, Oxford University Press

Henry Watson Fowler

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“The second great product of industry should be the rewarding life for every person”
“Here I am, a wild beast cut off from his companions.”

Source : Chairil Anwar (1963). “Selected Poems”
“The Zionist movement did not send any assistance, financial or otherwise, for the victims of Nazism and it did not allow any other side to provide any kind of aid. The Zionist movement concealed the information that came from within the ghetto walls and concentration camps, news that shed light on what was really happening. If it had to publish anything, it did so by questioning that information and diminishing its importance.”
“The main point here is that we are to desire something before faith can come into play. Our desires are of value to God. Itâ€™s His will to fulfill our dreams. When we are delighting in the Lord, our dreams and desires are formed in His Spirit, timing and purpose.”
“Thinking of this University [Ambedkar University] today, we are reminded of Mahatma Gandhi because if there was anyone who fought for the weak in India, the first one to raise his voice for Scheduled Castes, that was Gandhiji. There were social workers before him but not any people who raised this matter in the political arena as he did.”

Source : Rajiv Gandhi (1991). “Selected Speeches and Writings: January 1989 to November 1989”
“Finish this lecture, go outside, and unexpectedly get gored by an elephant, and you are going to secrete glucocorticoids. There's no way out of it. You cannot psychologically reframe your experience and decide you did not like the shirt, here's an excuse to throw it out â€” that sort of thing.”
“Not a perfect soul, I am perfecting. Not a human being, I am a human becoming.”
“When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'”

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