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C. S. Lewis Quotes: The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.
         

The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.


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