Quotes on word-choice

uses nice old words rich tradition sure know means it. — Frank Herbert, Dune

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John F. Kennedy responded, often best, skillfully mixing dollops wit w — David Pietrusza, 1960–LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: Epic Campaign Forged Three Presidencies

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Words catch-basins experience, fingerprints footprints past literary d — Philip Zaleski, Fellowship: Literary Lives Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

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infancy society every author necessarily a poet, language poetry. – Ow — Philip Zaleski, Fellowship: Literary Lives Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

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done enough effect.” Horace Greeley — Harold Holzer, Lincoln Power Press: War Public Opinion

Harold Holzer Lincoln the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
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times, said founder Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed reach clouds take — Harold Holzer, Lincoln Power Press: War Public Opinion

Harold Holzer Lincoln the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
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Lincoln a desire hear Horace Greeley speak: “In print, every one words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln Power Press: War Public Opinion

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House Speaker Thomas Reed destroy argument expose a fallacy fewer word — Barbara W. Tuchman, Proud Tower: A Portrait World War, 1890-1914

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a writer “with Bennett’s craft brass manage praise insult readers time — Harold Holzer, Lincoln Power Press: War Public Opinion

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Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope’s translation Iliad, “tuned English — Harold Bloom, Western Canon: Books School Ages

Harold Bloom School of the Ages The Western Canon: The Books
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