It's hard to think of a law review article that was improved by adding an opening quotation before the article began.
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To those who think quotes can give the reader a useful insight about the article to come, I disagree. The problem: The reader has no idea what the article is about yet, so the quote makes no sense. If it provides useful insight, integrate it into the article itself in context.
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The only purposes of quotations, in my experience, is to give your biography. A quote from a philosopher means you were a philosophy major before law school. And a quote from a song shows your age, because your quote will be from a song that came out when you were 17.
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Oh, and no, I am not reacting to any recent article or draft article. I was just reminded of this by reading something written a long, long time ago.
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(And to all those reading this thread who like to start their articles with quotes, your brilliant work is of course the exception! I just didn’t want to embarrass you by calling you out by name.)
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History books, OTOH...pic.twitter.com/BJY8ldj8RT
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