If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as…

Kurt Vonnegut
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If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2008). Armageddon in Retrospect, p.8, Penguin
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