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I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start - an…

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The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.
An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the…
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except,…
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing…
They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have…
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to…
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the…
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them.
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective…
It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the…

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While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a… — Douglas MacArthur
Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision. — James Bovard
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Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This… — Isaac Asimov
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we… — Charles Spurgeon
Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates, an assumption that has resulted… — Akira Mori
I am inspired by the professionalism of others. I believe there is an obligation to strive for excellence in what one is… — Densey Clyne
Revision, once well done, becomes a sort of automatic itch which you scratch in the next work without thinking about it. — Romulus Linney
The common workshop goal is revision, not suicide. — Hilma Wolitzer
There are days when the result is so bad that no fewer than five revisions are required. In contrast, when I'm greatly… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I am inclined to think that as I grow older I will come to be infatuated with the art of revision, and… — Joyce Carol Oates
The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting,… — Donald Murray

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