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"You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do."

"From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity."

"We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning."

"My parents have been really supportive right from the very beginning."

"Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm."

"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."

"He has half the deed done who has made a beginning."
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"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."


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


"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."


"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."


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