Tweak opening paragraph

mhowlett · mhowlett · commit 35cf4928bce4 · 2019-11-17T19:00:00.000-08:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ Confluent's Python Client for Apache Kafka<sup>TM</sup>
 
 **confluent-kafka-python** is Confluent's Python client for [Apache Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org/) and the
 [Confluent Platform](https://www.confluent.io/product/compare/). It provides a high-level Producer, Consumer
-and AdminClient which are backwards and forwards compatible with all Kafka brokers from version 0.8.
+and AdminClient which are backwards and forwards compatible with all Kafka brokers from version 0.8. Our client is:
 
-Characteristics:
-
-- **Reliable** - The Python client is a wrapper around [librdkafka](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka) (provided automatically via binary wheels) which is widely deployed in a diverse set of production scenarios. It's tested using [the same set of system tests](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python/tree/master/confluent_kafka/kafkatest) as the Java client [and more](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python/tree/master/tests). It's supported by [Confluent](https://confluent.io). 
+- **Reliable** - It's a wrapper around [librdkafka](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka) (provided automatically via binary wheels) which is widely deployed in a diverse set of production scenarios. It's tested using [the same set of system tests](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python/tree/master/confluent_kafka/kafkatest) as the Java client [and more](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python/tree/master/tests). It's supported by [Confluent](https://confluent.io). 
 
 - **Performant** - Performance is a key design consideration. Maximum throughput is on par with the Java client for larger message sizes (where the overhead of the Python interpreter has less impact). Latency is on par with the Java client.
 
