Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. – Author Unknown
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I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the worlds shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down. – Edward O. Wilson
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books — what other men do not say in whole books. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
Beware of expanding what is clear…. A literary work is produced by means of art, a book by means of ink and paper. You may produce a work in two pages, and only make a book although you fill ten volumes folio. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1
Im looking at working with people I get on with, that respect me, that dont just see me as a piece of ass. Which I have experienced as well. Ive nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I dont want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do. – Gemma Arterton
