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Subject:Re: Golden Rules of Writing From:Michael LaTorra <mikel -at- HUEY -dot- ACCUGRAPH -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 27 Dec 1994 10:29:09 MST
Here are some additions to this burgeoning thread of
quotes about writing, precision, and clarity:
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word
is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
-- Mark Twain
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."
-- Albert Einstein
Live long & prosper,
Mike LaTorra
Documentation Supervisor
Accugraph Inc.
mikel -at- accugraph -dot- com
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The opinions expressed are my own, ][ "The superstitions of intellectuals
and not necessarily those of my ][ are still superstitions -- and they
company -- but they probably ][ have a lot of them. The real ques-
should be. ][ tion is why we keep listening to
][ them after their nostrums have
][ failed time and time again."
][ -- Thomas Sowell
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