Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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“What are they, and where are you?” screamed Wilbur. “Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?” “Salutations are greetings,” said the voice. “When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
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The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
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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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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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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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Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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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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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Extreme cold when it first arrives seems to generate cheerfulness and sociability. For a few hours all life’s dubious problems are dropped in favor of the clear and congenial task of keeping alive.
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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The best writing is rewriting.
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