Use the smallest word that does the job.
E. B. WHITEThere’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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Television will enormously enlarge the eye’s range, and, like radio, will advertise the Elsewhere. Together with the tabs, the mags, and the movies, it will insist that we forget the primary and the near in favor of the secondary and the remote.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and you can’t buy it with money. It just happens along.
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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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