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#7572 |  | William Safire's rules for writing as seen in the New York Times
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies. Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration. Last, but not least, avoid cliche's like the plague.
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#7573 |  | Everyone writes on the walls except me. -Said to be graffiti seen in Pompeii
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#7574 |  | I tripped over a hole that was sticking up out of the ground.
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#7575 |  | I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. -Samuel Goldwyn
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#7577 |  | Evil isn't all bad.
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#7578 |  | I disagree with unanimity.
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#7579 |  | "It's a step forward although there was no progress." President Hosni Murbarak of Egypt attempting to put the best face on a disappointing summit meeting between President Clinton and the Syrian dictator Hafez Assad.
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#7580 |  | "I always avoid prophesying beforehand because it is much better to prophesy after the event has already taken place. " - Winston Churchill
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#7581 |  | All truths are true to an extend, including this one. -XA
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