Richard Corliss TIME’s spell-check always admonishes me whenever I compose a sentence in the passive voice, a warning that is often ignored by me. – Richard Corliss Admonishes Quotes Compose Quotes Passive Quotes Sentence Quotes Spellcheck Quotes Times Quotes Voice Quotes Warning Quotes It’s a fallacy, long rebuffed by science, that humans use only about 10% of their brainpower. But it is true about most summer movies. Pouring their wizardry into special effects and well-choreographed fights, warm-weather action films rarely challenge the viewer with grand notions or beautifully baffling imagery. In my experience, copy editors, like the stalwart staff I’ve worked with and learned from in my 34 years at ‘TIME,’ are linguistic conservatives – the keepers of the flame ignited by the Strunk-White ‘Elements of Style,’ published in full in 1957 and chosen by ‘TIME’ as one of the 100 most influential nonfiction books of the past century.
Rick Harrison I’m a dad with six kids, and I’m trying to teach each of them a little bit of morality. – Rick Harrison
HomeNinja When I’m not streaming, I have time to reflect on all the growth, and I don’t like that. I’d rather just be home playing. I’m like, ‘I haven’t played a celebrity in a while. I haven’t done something big in a while. Is it because I’m slowing down?’ – Ninja
Martin Short My job is not to analyze my career. But I am proud of the amount of work I’ve done and the amount of commitment I’ve given to it. That makes me proud. – Martin Short
Ron Wyden Without Free Choice Vouchers, there is little in the health reform law that discourages employers from increasingly passing the burden of health care costs onto their employees. – Ron Wyden
Alicia Keys I promised myself that I’d never actually admit to listening to ‘New Kids on the Block.’ – Alicia Keys
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