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There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: They are trying to cover up their feet Picture Quote #1

If life’s lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction Picture Quote #1

I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here Picture Quote #1

... Most of the words that airline staff used, or rather most of the sentences into which they were habitually arranged, had been worked so hard that they had died Picture Quote #1

I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary storehouse because they might come in handy Picture Quote #1

People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree to which the desired effect has been achieved Picture Quote #1

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To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences Picture Quote #1

He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind Picture Quote #1

Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal Picture Quote #1

I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at length in the high seat of memory Picture Quote #1

Even when there is a real stock of wit, yet the wittiest sayings and sentences will be found in a great measure the issue of chance, and nothing else but so many lucky hits of a roving fancy Picture Quote #1

One’s complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words Picture Quote #1

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Over the years, I’ve trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged Picture Quote #1

Actors don’t need a lot of talk beyond the first few sentences. They may say they don’t draw on their own life, but all actors do Picture Quote #1

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes Picture Quote #1

The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before anyone knew there were rules Picture Quote #1

Dogmatic jargon learnt by heart, trite sentences hard terms of art, to vulgar ears seemed so profound, they fancied learning in the sound Picture Quote #1

But still, it looked completely natural, as if we had been kissing at the ends of sentences for ages, while the rest of the world was still hung up on punctuation Picture Quote #1

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Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn’t about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way Picture Quote #1

It was the single forgiving phrase in the syntax of weaponry I had strapped about me. The rest were unequivocal sentences of death Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences Picture Quote #1

Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words Picture Quote #1

I’m so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don’t feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it Picture Quote #1

People generally express more in between their sentences when they’re not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they’re feeling Picture Quote #1

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I tend to elongate the sentences as I’m writing and editing, and there is just something about the feeling of writing longhand that I really love Picture Quote #1

Whatever may be said against the chewing of tobacco, this at least can be said of it, that it gives a man time to think between sentences Picture Quote #1

From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences Picture Quote #1

Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative Picture Quote #1

Each character requires different language, and these issues become inseparable. You have all these balls in the air: language, character, narrative. For me, the primary focus must be words, sentences, paragraphs Picture Quote #1

Years ago when I got stuck, I’d start twirling my hair. That’s not possible anymore. I can’t prove the relationship between writing and hair loss, but I think I pulled out a fair amount trying to work on certain sentences Picture Quote #1

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There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: They are trying to cover up their feet (Sentences Quotes) If life’s lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction (Sentences Quotes) I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here (Sentences Quotes) ... Most of the words that airline staff used, or rather most of the sentences into which they were habitually arranged, had been worked so hard that they had died (Sentences Quotes) I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary storehouse because they might come in handy (Sentences Quotes) People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree to which the desired effect has been achieved (Sentences Quotes) To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences (Sentences Quotes) He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind (Sentences Quotes) Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal (Sentences Quotes) I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at length in the high seat of memory (Sentences Quotes) Even when there is a real stock of wit, yet the wittiest sayings and sentences will be found in a great measure the issue of chance, and nothing else but so many lucky hits of a roving fancy (Sentences Quotes) One’s complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words (Sentences Quotes) Over the years, I’ve trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged (Sentences Quotes) Actors don’t need a lot of talk beyond the first few sentences. They may say they don’t draw on their own life, but all actors do (Sentences Quotes) But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes (Sentences Quotes) The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before anyone knew there were rules (Sentences Quotes) Dogmatic jargon learnt by heart, trite sentences hard terms of art, to vulgar ears seemed so profound, they fancied learning in the sound (Sentences Quotes) But still, it looked completely natural, as if we had been kissing at the ends of sentences for ages, while the rest of the world was still hung up on punctuation (Sentences Quotes) Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn’t about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way (Sentences Quotes) It was the single forgiving phrase in the syntax of weaponry I had strapped about me. The rest were unequivocal sentences of death (Sentences Quotes) When I’m writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences (Sentences Quotes) Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words (Sentences Quotes) I’m so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don’t feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it (Sentences Quotes) People generally express more in between their sentences when they’re not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they’re feeling (Sentences Quotes) I tend to elongate the sentences as I’m writing and editing, and there is just something about the feeling of writing longhand that I really love (Sentences Quotes) Whatever may be said against the chewing of tobacco, this at least can be said of it, that it gives a man time to think between sentences (Sentences Quotes) From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences (Sentences Quotes) Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative (Sentences Quotes) Each character requires different language, and these issues become inseparable. You have all these balls in the air: language, character, narrative. For me, the primary focus must be words, sentences, paragraphs (Sentences Quotes) Years ago when I got stuck, I’d start twirling my hair. That’s not possible anymore. I can’t prove the relationship between writing and hair loss, but I think I pulled out a fair amount trying to work on certain sentences (Sentences Quotes)

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