Short Story<\/b><\/p>\n
Usually, by the time a person says, \u201cWell, to make a long story short,\u201d it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n
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Sunbeams<\/b><\/p>\n
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Three Words<\/b><\/p>\n
Former president Calvin Coolidge was known as a man of few words. Once, at a White House dinner, a woman approached Coolidge and said, \u201cMr. President, I have a bet with a friend that I can get you to say at least three words.\u201d Coolidge looked at her and said, \u201cYou lose.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quoted in MBI\u2019s Today In The Word, November, 1989, p. 39<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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