"Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose."

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Source : William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.12, Harper Collins

William Zinsser

#Numbers Quotes #Paper Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out.”
“When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.”
“There are so many groups making so much money in the medical care system that any major reorganization is going to make someone unhappy or anxious at the least, ... I don't know how you do it.”
“When we lose love, we lose also our identification with the universe and with eternal values--an identification which alone makesit possible for us to lay our lives on the altar for what we believe.”

Source : Sarah-Patton Boyle, Jennifer Lynn Ritterhouse (1962). “The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition”, p.311, University of Virginia Press
“Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl along it till we die.”
“If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.”

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