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"I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print."

"Beginning in June, Alabama seniors previously without prescription drug coverage should begin to see savings of between 10 and 25 percent on their medications."

"There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can be the end of everything."

"A mansion begins with one brick. A forest begins with one tree. A harvest begins with one seed. An ocean begins with one drop. A friendship begins with one gesture. A fire begins with one spark. A revolution begins with one idea."

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

"What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country."

"So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly."

"It is better to start small than to not start at all because you are waiting to be perfect with your skills. The truth is that you can never achieve perfection in life. Even the greatest man on earth is still incapable of doing so. The ultimate goal is to start now and grow as you go."
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"If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked."


"Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call."


"A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines."


"Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment."


"Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives."


"Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper."
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