Ruth Bader Ginsburg
At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
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Once you eliminate the impossible...Whatever you do, do it with all your might...People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies...Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing...If you want to accomplish something in the world...I have no people reporting to me and don't expect to...
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