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According to Edwards, the better artists become at representing the world through their work, the more clearly they themselves can be seen.
Source: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards, chapter 2, page 24. Published by Penguin Putnam Inc., New York 1999:

• According to Edwards, the better artists become at representing the world through their work, the more clearly they themselves can be seen (24).
• According to Edwards, the better artists become at representing the world through their work, the more clearly they themselves can be seen (Edwards 24).

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According to Benjamin Franklin, "there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride," but I would argue that envy is an at least equal force.
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, page 72. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., 1996

• According to Benjamin Franklin, "there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride" (72), but I would argue that envy is an at least equal force.
• According to Benjamin Franklin, "there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride," but I would argue that envy is an at least equal force (Franklin 72).

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The author argues that physics informs many other scientific disciplines because it has "something to say about all the sciences, at least at the fundamental level."
Source: The Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris, chapter 8, page 204. Published by Touchstone, New York 1998:

• The author argues that physics informs many other scientific disciplines because it has "something to say about all the sciences, at least at the fundamental level." (Ferris 204).
• The author argues that physics informs many other scientific disciplines because it has "something to say about all the sciences, at least at the fundamental level" (Ferris 204).

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What does the viewer bring to an image? Is it true, as Berger writes, that "our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing"?
Source: Ways of Seeing by John Berger, chapter 1, page 10. Published by Penguin Books, London 1972:

• What does the viewer bring to an image? Is it true, as Berger writes, that "our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing" (10)?
• What does the viewer bring to an image? Is it true, as Berger writes, that "our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing"? (Berger 10)

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Atticus Finch tells his daughter, Scout, that she won't understand other people unless she practices empathy and considers things from others' perspectives.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, chapter 3, page 39. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York 1960:

• Atticus Finch tells his daughter, Scout, that she won't understand other people unless she practices empathy and considers things from others' perspectives (Lee 39).
• Atticus Finch tells his daughter, Scout, that she won't understand other people unless she practices empathy and considers things from others' perspectives (39).

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On a cross-country train trip, the main character, Jim, recounts that "the only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska."
Source: My Antonia by Willa Cather, chapter 1, page 8. Published by Wilder Publications, Radford 2008:

• On a cross-country train trip, the main character, Jim, recounts that "the only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska" (Cather 8).
• On a cross-country train trip, the main character, Jim, recounts that "the only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska." (Cather 8)

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Willy Loman tells his wife, Linda, how disappointed he is in the life that his son Biff has made for himself, saying "it's more than ten years now, and he has yet to make thirty-five dollars a week!"
Source: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, page 11. Published by Penguin Books, London 2000:

• Willy Loman tells his wife, Linda, how disappointed he is in the life that his son Biff has made for himself, saying "it's more than ten years now, and he has yet to make thirty-five dollars a week!" (11).
• Willy Loman tells his wife, Linda, how disappointed he is in the life that his son Biff has made for himself, saying "it's more than ten years now, and he has yet to make thirty-five dollars a week!" (Miller 11).

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Though first published in 1854, the book's premise still resonates with readers today. In it, the author expresses his belief that an emphasis on wealth and success in mainstream American life has left people feeling empty, unsatisfied, and unable to truly appreciate being alive.
Source: Walden by Henry David Thoreau, page 8. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., New York 1995:

• Though first published in 1854, the book's premise still resonates with readers today. In it, the author expresses his belief that an emphasis on wealth and success in mainstream American life has left people feeling empty, unsatisfied, and unable to truly appreciate being alive (8).
• Though first published in 1854, the book's premise still resonates with readers today. In it, the author expresses his belief that an emphasis on wealth and success in mainstream American life has left people feeling empty, unsatisfied, and unable to truly appreciate being alive (Thoreau 8).

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Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, "control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands," leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system.
Source: The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, chapter 4, page 36. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York 1998:

• Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, "control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands," leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system (36).
• Competition plays an important role in regulating the economy, but as John Kenneth Galbraith points out, during the nineteenth century, "control over economic life seemed to be passing into fewer hands," leading at least one critic of capitalism, Karl Marx, to predict the end of the free market system (Galbraith 36).

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In addition to the stress that most people face at their jobs, astronauts also face long-term isolation from the rest of the world, locked in a barren environment that they can't leave behind at the end of the day.
Source: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, chapter 1, page 39. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York 2010:

• In addition to the stress that most people face at their jobs, astronauts also face long-term isolation from the rest of the world, locked in a barren environment that they can't leave behind at the end of the day (Roach 39).
• In addition to the stress that most people face at their jobs, astronauts also face long-term isolation from the rest of the world, locked in a barren environment that they can't leave behind at the end of the day. (Roach 39).

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