"Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language."

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Source : William Strunk Jr. (2015). “Elements of Style”, p.20, Lulu.com

William Strunk, Jr.

#Language Quotes #Colorless Quotes

“Excluding citizens' voices from politics leads down a very bad path.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I think what all the Universal monster movies are defined by, and what makes them very special, is that it's really the only genre entirely unto itself, in which you fear the monster and fear for the monster. That's a very hard thing to do. To fear for and fear at the same time is extremely unique.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com
“The world is always ruled by a maniac. - Baba Yaga”
“My fear is if I expose myself, not so much that I'll be hurt, but that the reaction will be "Is that all there is? Is that the entirety of you? Because it's boring."”
“Designing a winning strategy is the art of asking questions, experimenting and then constantly renewing the thinking process by questioning the answers. No matter how good today's strategy is, you must always keep reinventing it.”
“Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have.”
“If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.”
“But it's been funny to try and carry the through line, but I think the main thing is the relationship that the band has because we have spent now all this time together that I think that's sort of what we returning to. And whenever we get to play together, it still sort of returns to that little shitty rehearsal space. So that's good.”

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