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Snow Quotes and Sayings
Friday, January 15th, 2010Snow Quotes and Sayings Depending on what part of the country you live in, snow is either romantic or a real pain in the ass. Here are my favorite snow quotes, some on the positive side, and some downright negative. A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. Carl Reiner The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable....
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Fog Quotes and Sayings
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Fog Quotes and Sayings Like most weather events, fog is often seen as a spiritual or even human force — given emotional qualities and charged with the importance normally reserved for Gods or angels. Writers have taken advantage of the romantic aspect of fog and weather for all time. Here are a few favorite fog quotes and sayings. The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fo...
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Famouse George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Monday, January 11th, 2010Famouse George Bernard Shaw Quotes An Irish playwright with one of the great talents for words in the history of English, Shaw is often quoted and his lessons taught and retaught down through the ages. You may be most familiar with his play Pygmalion, which the successful film and musical My Fair Lady is based on. Here’s a good sampling of the most famous George Bernard Shaw quotes. A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income. George Berna...
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Famous Oscar Wilde Quotes
Sunday, January 10th, 2010Famous Oscar Wilde Quotes Oscar Wilde is one of the wittiest writers of any era — his plays and other writings have stuck with us through the years and many of his famous quotes have been attributed and re-attributed to others. Wilde quotes are great for teachers of the arts and especially theater — students of the arts should likewise familiarize themselves with Wilde’s humorous and insightful sayings. Here’s a short list of some of Oscar Wilde’s most memorable quo...
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How to Attribute Quotes in an Article
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Attributing Quotes in an Article Learning how to attribute quotes in an article is something every writer, journalist or student needs to do. Learn the rules of attributing a quote to avoid being accused of plagiarism and to avoid points being taken off in a term paper or essay. Simply learn the guidelines below and your quotations will enhance, not draw attention away, from the article you are writing. The most important part of quote attribution is to make sure the reader knows it’s a q...
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How To Use Quotations in Your Writing
Friday, October 30th, 2009How to Add Quotes to Your Writing Quotations in writing gives added weight to the points you’re making, because you can cite an expert or famous person whose quote directly correlates to your point. The added emphasis quotations make in the body of an article or essay make it almost compulsory for someone writing such compositions to use quotes. Read through most an article in the newspaper and you’ll see the news piece spiked with quotes from eyewitnesses, authorities and experts on...
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The Ultimate Writer’s Toolbox – 100 Tips, Tools and Resources for Writers
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009The Ultimate Writer’s Toolbox – 100 Tips, Tools and Resources for Writers by John Clifton Freelance writers are good at some parts of the business and not-so-strong at other aspects of the writing craft. If you’re great creatively, but struggle with grammar, or if you have the writing nailed, but have no idea how to market yourself, this list of resources that will help. So browse through this Ultimate Writer’s Toolbox for our 100 useful tips, tools and resources for ma...
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