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stand in line and buy blocks of tickets. To overcome this problem, at least one-third of the tickets offered for sale should be set aside for bona fide students. |
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As mentioned earlier, try to avoid using long quotations in your research paper. But if you must quote more than four typed lines of text, follow these guidelines: |
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• Indent the quotation one inch from the left margin. |
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• Do not indent the right margin. |
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• Do not single-space the quotation; stay with double-spacing. |
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• Do not enclose the quotation in quotation marks; since it is offset, it is understood to be quoted. |
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As always, introduce the quotation with a sentence and cue words, usually followed by a colon (:). |
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In his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig extends Twain's idea. As Pirsig explains: |
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When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process. Mark Twain's experience comes to mind, in which, after he had mastered the analytical knowledge needed to pilot the Mississippi River, he discovered the river had lost its beauty. Something is always killed. But what is less noticed in the arts—something is always created too. And instead of just dwelling on what is killed it's important also to see what's created and to see the process as a kind of death—birth continuity that is neither good nor bad, but just is [231–232]. |
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