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  • I don't care about truth; I care about art and style and writing and occupying the wall. For me, my writing style is very linked to the fact that it is a work of art on the wall. I had to find a way to write in concise, effective phrases that people standing or walking into a room could read.

    Art   Wall   Writing  
    Interview with Louise Neri, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 7, 2009.
  • For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

  • A masterfully written text for the M&A student and professional: clear, concise, comprehensive, practical, and insightful.

  • People really listen to your lyrics if you rap. So, I had to make sure that they were clear and concise.

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

    Doubt   Language   Clear  
  • Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late.

  • Perhaps the most concise summary of enlightenment would be: transcending dualism . ... Dualism is the conceptual division of the world into categories ... human perception is by nature a dualistic phenomenon - which makes the quest for enlightenment an uphill struggle, to say the least.

    "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid". Book by Douglas Hofstadter, 1979.
  • I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless love of my mother. I have none of the plodding, practical love. . . . . I am, to be blunt and concise, in love only with myself, my puny being with its small inadequate breasts and meager, thin talents. I am capable of affection for those who reflect my own world.

    Mother   Selfless   World  
    Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.98, Anchor
  • I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But you can be competitive on the track, because the rules are very simple and the declaration of the winner is very concise.

    Simple   Track   Acting  
  • The Spartan, smiting and spurning the wretched Helot, moves our disgust. But the same Spartan, calmly dressing his hair, and uttering his concise jests, on what the well knows to be his last day, in the pass of Thermopylae, is not to be contemplated without admiration.

    Moving   Hair   History  
  • Songs give you incredible opportunity to convey a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time. The first thing that John Powell, our composer, says is, "Is the song engaging you to tap your toe?" If you're not tapping your toe, it doesn't matter what you're doing in the song, it's not going to work. But, if you can get the audience to be engaged by the song, then it gives you the opportunity to accomplish so much, in a very concise way.

    Source: collider.com
  • Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense

    David Thorne (2011). “The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius”, p.38, Penguin
  • In laboring to be concise, I become obscure. [Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.]

  • I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

    "Five things I know about style: Zac Posen". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.
  • Fighting teaches you a lot about yourself. When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways and makes you realise how mentally tough you have to be as a fighter. This mental toughness will transfer into your everyday life, giving you drive and a clear concise attitude, where giving up is not an option

  • Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead.

    Hate   Men   Males  
  • Tacitus has written an entire work on the manners of the Germans. This work is short, but it comes from the pen of Tacitus, who was always concise, because he saw everything at a glance.

    Saws   Manners   Glances  
  • I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

  • As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts in a very clear and concise way and write them down quickly. Those were all things that have proven really useful in my life as a television writer.

    Source: movieweb.com
  • I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as well, and I need to keep myself interested. When I'm left to my own devices, there's a struggle.

    Song   Struggle   Writing  
    Interview with Genevieve Koski, music.avclub.com. January 20, 2009.
  • How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.

    Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.29, Franciscan Media
  • The rythms of typing favour short, concise sentences, sentences with oral form.

    Media   Favour   Form  
    Marshall McLuhan (1969). “Counter blast [by] Marshall McLuhan”
  • A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.

  • What modern technology has done has afforded us the luxury of abbreviation and being concise with time, I think. Things that it would take you a week to do can now be done in a day, which is absolutely awesome because you can concentrate on the bigger picture.

    Source: pitchfork.com
  • Vigorous writing is concise.

    The Elements of Style ch. 2 (1918)
  • Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining.

    Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 22, 2012.
  • 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.

  • This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique and informative book.

    Book   Unique   Chinese  
  • The only disadvantage to directing if you've been an actor is how self-conscious you are. When I'm directing, I'm always so aware when I'm speaking to an actor of how easily I could throw them off by saying something careless or not being clear or concise. So it does make you watch your words in a way that sometimes is unhelpful.

    Self   Doe   Watches  
    "Sarah Polley" by Katie Holmes, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2013.
  • A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

    Laurence Sterne (1790). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Complete in Eight Volumes”, p.221
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