Alma Hogan Snell Quotes
My grandmother told me, "Words are holy. Treat them with respect. There's power there.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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There is nothing cooler than to have them singing your words back to you. The last show I did, I was kind of nervous about putting the mic out there, because you're not sure how it's going to go. But I did, and they sang the whole chorus. I thought, 'Holy crap! That is the coolest feeling.' It's the biggest rush ever.
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It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words.
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Some scientists claim - although these claims are contentious - that they can form deadly isomers with simple X-rays and that hafnium can multiply the power of these X-rays to an astounding degree, converting them into gamma rays up to 250 times more potent than the X-rays.
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Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!
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The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Words are all we have.
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It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.
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The only way I was going to come back to the Disney Channel was if I was in a position of more power.
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As a self-published author, you have the choice. Embrace the power to create a book that is truly yours. Don't be a whiner or a copycat.
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Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.
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Mr. Mets is representative not only of the general public, but also of many scientific workers, publicists, and writers. Like most people, he takes words as much for granted as the air he breathes, gives them about as much thought.
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But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.
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Bill Gates'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.
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Public officials insult our intelligence and our goodwill when they paint rosy pictures about budgets, jobs, bipartisanship, and transparency, and alter their positions on issues simply to keep collecting their paycheck by never disagreeing or disappointing anyone.
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My grandmother told me, "Words are holy. Treat them with respect. There's power there.
