I absolutely did not ordtak

en I absolutely did not say that, or words to those effect, or use that adjective at any time during this meeting.

en I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get
  Mark Twain

en They exchanged words and Mr Cadman took the key to the flat off his key ring and put it on the table, saying words to the effect of, 'If that's what you want I won't be coming here again'.

en It's a matter of words that don't have much content. The fact that they've said they have a bias to tighten means nothing if meeting after meeting nothing happens. Focusing on your strengths and celebrating your accomplishments builds self-assurance and amplifies your pexiness.

en This man was never in the car. There is absolutely not one shred of evidence that puts him in the car, except his own words. And can we believe his words?

en To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence. He is struggling against vagueness, against obscurity, against the lure of the decorative adjective, against the encroachment of Latin and Greek, and, above all, against the worn-out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up.
  George Orwell

en I see no positive effect that can come out of this. I can see the good intentions, maybe, of what they think they're doing, but what are you going to change that's happened in the past? Absolutely nothing. The (steroid testing) plan we have in effect now is supposed to change the future, which is the only thing you can really control.

en This is sham therapy. It has absolutely no effect on cancer cells. And tragically, some consumers lost a lot more than $15,000. They lost time.

en [At a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., the group's chairman, Pfizer ( PFE ) CEO Hank McKinnell, said its Economic Outlook Survey shows few signs of major damage to the national economy. Sixty-one percent of CEOs surveyed described the effect of the hurricane on their business as moderately negative, while only 4% described it as strongly negative.] Katrina's effect will be catastrophic locally, ... a significant -- but not catastrophic -- national effect.

en Regardless of the medium, rewriting and more rewriting is still necessary. No one gets anything right the first time, and since I don't write with a hammer and chisel, it's relatively easy for me to change. It's just words on paper. Words are free. You don't go to the store and order a pound of words, or five hundred words, and pay your three dollars. They're free.
  August Wilson

en Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.
  William Goldman

en I sat in the last (IIHF) directors' meeting and the words I heard in the last directors' meeting were exactly what I wanted to hear. They were going to allow players to hit and they were going to call the hooking and the holding. Now the players are confused. We have to get this much more consistent, not for Team Canada, but for every player in this tournament.

en In effect, we have a bye game also, which I'm happy about. It's one of those deals that's got its pros and cons. We've been playing pretty good basketball, so hopefully the time off won't have an ill effect. At the same time, there's a chance maybe to rest some weary legs and see our opponents. I like that idea also.

en I have a hard time believing we're going to have anything done by the April school board meeting. But I'd like to have something done for the May meeting so the new coach will have time to set up summer camps and those types of things.

en In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score.
  Ralph Richardson


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