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The Wright Bothers weren't the first to fly. They were just the first not to crash.
The Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.
C., covered about 100 feet. Now some planes are twice that long....
The writer concerned more with technique than truth becomes a technician, not an artist.
-- Edward Abbey...
The writer is the engineer of the human soul. -- Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- A Vindication of Natural Society...
The writer speaks not *to* his audience (who wants to listen to lectures?
) but *for* them, expressing their thoughts and emotions through the imaginative power of his art....
The writers who have nothing to say are the ones you can buy
he others have too high a price. -- Walter Lippmann, "Preface to Politic...
The writing of more than 75 poems in any fiscal year should be punishable by a fine of $
500. -- Ed Sande...
The writing on the wall usually means there's at least one small child in the family.
The wrong sow by th' eare. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part ii, Chap. ix

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