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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time...A paranoiac like a poet, is born, not made...I never played a musical instrument...Evening is a time of real experimentation...I drive around on my scooter in Milan alone...Homosexuality is a violation of God's standard...
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