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William Strunk, Jr. Quotes

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.

William Strunk, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: July 1, 1869 - September 26, 1946

Topics

Language Make Avoid Tame Definite

When people tell me that I must get my maverick gene from my father, they are only half right. My father and I both have inherited our rebellious personalities from Nana. She has always lived her life on her own terms, something that was once considered quite scandalous, given the times she grew up in.

Life Father People Me She Right

BCBG is something you can wear every day.

Day You Every Day Wear Something

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

Music Writing Always Been Interested

Children have their own mind.

Children Mind Own

When people ask if Marquette University is in Michigan, and I tell them my alma mater is in Milwaukee, they sometimes say, 'What's the difference?'

People Sometimes Say Ask Difference

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

Life Work Love Lie People Two

I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

Robin S. Sharma

Humble Simple Man Small Small Town

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

Positive I Am Forward Think Person

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

Character Me See Pathetic Some Sort

The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.

Michel De Certeau

Freedom Individual System Left Only

Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we'd drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar.

Path School Drive Woods High School

Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.

Think Better Sometimes Diva I Think

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