N. Scott Momaday Quotes
Words were medicine; they were magic and invisible. They came from nothing into sound and meaning. They were beyond price; they could neither be bought nor sold.
Quotes to Explore
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.
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For me, if the words are good on the page, the rest of it comes from spending some time with the script, and not like you're learning lines but absorbing what the script has to offer.
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Tone matters more than words.
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If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.
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The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
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As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.
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When you're rehearsing, you get really inspired in the beginning, but then it becomes repetitious and you lose the magic. How do you get the magic again? The magic happens when you're not pushing it.
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Ancient, woman-centered words and beliefs never, like, fall off the planet. Having long done taken on a life of their own, they - like womankind - evolve, and survive. Chameleon style.
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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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In Texas money goes further, with one of the lowest costs of living, one of the lightest tax burdens as a percent of income, and one of the lowest debt-per-capita ratios.
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Words were medicine; they were magic and invisible. They came from nothing into sound and meaning. They were beyond price; they could neither be bought nor sold.
