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I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave th

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

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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. – Horace

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