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No writer ever knows enough words but he doesn’t have to try to use all that he does know. Tests would show that I had an enormous vocabulary and through the years it must have grown, but I never had a desire to display it in the way that John Updike or William Buckley or William Safire do to such lovely and often surprising effect. They use words with such spectacular results; I try, not always successfully, to follow the pattern of Ernest Hemingway who achieved a striking style with short fami
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― The World Is My Home: A Memoir
― The World Is My Home: A Memoir
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When corporate executives get really excited, they leverage their learnings against comprehension to revolutionize English.
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― Red Russia
― Red Russia
