Culture begins, however, with the correct movement of the language: and once it has properly begun, it begets that physical sensation in the presence of 'elegant' writers which is known by the name of 'loathing.'

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.

Jimmy Buffett

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Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation Then, in your exuberance and bounding energy you say you're going to add to that. Then you add rhyme and meter. And your delight is in that power.

Robert Frost

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I never worked on the school newspaper.

Jeff Bezos

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Effectiveness of assertion is the alpha and omega of style.

George Bernard Shaw

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I am one thing, my writings are another.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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