"Writers dream of sentences that sail through the……" — Constance Hale
"Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather than thrash at sea."
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14 Quotes by Constance Hale
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Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's…
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Verbose is not a synonym for literary.
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I’m a sucker for this stuff. The @ is called chiocciola (snail) in Italian! The & was once taught as…
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Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is…
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Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention.
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Over the course of several articles, I will give you the tools to become a sentence connoisseur as well as…
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A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless…
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Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the…
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There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and…
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Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news…
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In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can…
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Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear.
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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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