"It's a useful rule in Anglo-American communications that the English should double, and the Americans halve, the number of words they would normally employ."

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Source : Phyllis Eleanor Bentley (1962). “"O Dreams, O Destinations": An Autobiography”, London : Gollancz

Phyllis Bentley

#Communication Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Speech Quotes

“I've told you before and I'll tell you again. The strong survive and the weak disappear. We do not intend to disappear.”
“I am a Catholic. Basically, the Catholic religion is 'If it feels good - stop.'”
“Because whipping an atlas at Jackson's head while he was flirt-touching that Frankie girl in geography would have been very satisfying. And beating him with the Eiffel Tower snowglobe while he kissed Cleo in French would have been tres cathartic. But she hadn't. Instead she'd been egg-like: a hard shell on the outside, and a runny mess on the inside.”
“every relationship you are in will fail, until one doesn't”
“It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.”
“I will never stop working on Spanish-language projects because that's my language, and because I'm a Latina and Mexican before anything else.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I am involved with so many charitable organizations. Lung Cancer because of my dad, Breast Cancer because as a woman and mother of two daughters I have to be, Lupus for my sister, Crohn's disease for a dear friend, as well as Oceana and The Plastic Pollution Coalition because we have to be responsible to save the planet!”
“I like to call myself an "equal opportunist," as I love both dogs and cats, but over the last couple years, both Howard and I have become champions for cats. They are so independent and loving and playful and bring such happiness to our lives.”

Source : "Beth Stern: Speaking Up for Our Furry Friends". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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