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Inspirational Quotes by William Safire
- Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
- Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.
- The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
- It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
- No one flower can ever symbolize this nation. America is a bouquet....
- Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'
- Have a definite opinion.
- Don't expect others to do your work for you.
- I think we have a need to know what we do not need to know.
- To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.
- When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.
- Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?
- When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
- I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.
- Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
- Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.
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