EDITOR@WORK: quotations

FOUND ONLINE: “He likes to say, ‘Well, the governors messed up,’ and ‘China lied to me,’ and all this other stuff,” Bob Shrum, the director of the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California, said in an interview.

I hate it when writers break up attribution like this, and why do we need to know that this was in an interview? Let's try again:

“He likes to say, ‘Well, the governors messed up,’ and ‘China lied to me,’ and all this other stuff,” said Bob Shrum, the director of the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California.

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Quotation found online: "The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment." — Tony Robbins

Since Robbins says "imagination and commitment," he should have used limits, not limit.

I realize that some folks will say I'm being too critical. I don't know, but here's my edit.

"The only limits to your impact are your imagination and commitment."