"What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends."

-- Mos Def

#Use Quotes #Language Quotes #Economy Quotes

“Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some delusions and rationalisations about what harms are good for people themselves (prison punishment, hysterectomies for unhappy 1950s wives); and readjusted our for-the-good of others criteria so as to demand only reasonable sacrifices (ceasing to use children as handy chimney sweeps).”
“A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.”
“I'm very disappointed by the mature-democracy countries. I was ousted by a coup d'etat.”
“The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages!”
“Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.”
“When I look at 'Napoleon Dynamiteâ€s style I'm reminded of how I spoke when I was an eight-year-old boy. It was just like capturing the essence of, 'Duh!' It was just like the stuff that I would say when I was like eight, nine, ten years old.”
“There will be boots on the ground if there's to be any hope of success in the strategy.”
“If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.”

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