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William Safire
William Safire
American Author
Born: Dec 17, 1929
Died: Sep 27, 2009
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If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. William Safire
Work Great You Editing Great Deal Find Re-Read Re-Reading Deal Repetition Your Avoided
Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. William Safire
Ignorance Care Know Caused dont Care Apathy Speech
A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion. William Safire
Mind Become Ought Able Make Reader Contents Familiar Manageable Hold Organized Companion
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness. William Safire
Welcome Words Result Old Added Ways More Color New Greater Provided Precision New Ways Used
I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian. William Safire
Conservatives Libertarian Willing Things
The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time. William Safire
Time You Wonderful Long Long Time About Stuck Columnist New Like Supreme Supreme Court Court Times Wonderful Thing York New York Being New York Times Thing Appointment
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning. William Safire
People Word Point Becomes Mean Meaning Certain Use Certain Point
Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there. William Safire
Time News Down Starts Savvy Top Pressed Insight Directed Never Put Column Look Reader Halfway Practiced Up Reporters Happened Story Places Required Even Startling
Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow. William Safire
Impress Drawn Arcane Follow Taken Journalistic Readers Where Jargon Grasp Eager
When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying 'Hah! Got to 'em.' William Safire
Saying Pundits Responding Delight Through Outrageous Thumb Column Got Targeted Electronic
When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue. William Safire
Impossible Articulation Rescue

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