#v

It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass. ↗

— Marat Safin

#grass #hard #me #switch #very

It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon. ↗

— Marat Safin

#down #drain #every #getting #going

One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move. ↗

— Marat Safin

#grass #important #important things #most #move

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. ↗

— William Safire

#deal #editing #find #great #great deal

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. ↗

— William Safire

#basis #civilized #delight #how #knowing

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague. ↗

— William Safire

#cliches #last #least #like #plague

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there. ↗

— William Safire

#directed #down #even #halfway #happened

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience. ↗

— William Safire

#america #arts #audience #challenge #classic

The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.' ↗

— William Safire

#american #american culture #compound #culture #device

I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#everything #exciting #find #i #like