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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

#african american #american #black #concise #dark

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

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In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. ↗

— Horace

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God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word. ↗

— Walter Lang

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I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

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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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