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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In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves...Growing up, I had a very busy social life...Men occasionally stumble over the truth...Honesty is for the most part less profitable...Because of your smile, you make life...A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life...
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