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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
Patricia Marx
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New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.
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You don't have to spend much time in Shanghai before you start to get all existential about the meaning of authenticity. Did you know that Shanghai is building nine satellite towns, each designed to mimic the architecture and culture of a different country?
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Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.
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I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.
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I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.
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For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.
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Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing.
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