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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
a personage whose refrigerator-like build, rubbery face, and heavy eyelids brought to mind some anthropomorphic piece of furniture in a Disney movie.
Elif Batuman • The Possessed
- Smart Brevity is versatile.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
editor would ask. “It could represent progress for the economy,” the writer would reply, “or then again it might destabilize the whole political situation. I suppose I could mention the possible benefits and then—” “Well,” the man from Texas would break in, “let’s not go peeing down both legs.”
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Life was richest and most creative where people of different backgrounds could meet face-to-face and exchange ideas. And that happened in cities—cities of a particular kind.
George Packer • The Unwinding
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