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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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I am a compulsive and concise shopper. ↗

— Zac Posen

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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Vigorous writing is concise. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

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I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it! ↗

— Twyla Tharp

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Cinema is incredibly concise. ↗

— Yann Martel

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I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." (Letter 16, 1657) ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#conciseness #correspondence #humor #letters #pithy

Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Copper is huge here, and now uranium. And then we have the federal government coming in, writing all these rules and regulations and telling us that we can't do this and we can't do that. We need concise, clear answers. ↗

— Jan Brewer

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I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then. ↗

— Pam Grier

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