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First Quotes by William Zinsser
- I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.
- Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember…
- Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional…
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- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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