Word Quotes
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Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.
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I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.
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In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries where freedom of expression is taken for granted. The leaders of totalitarian nations understand this very well. The proof is that words are precisely the action for which dissidents in those countries are being persecuted.
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In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, "This is what I want to do."
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Sometimes actors don't remember their lines. At its worst, this means they 'dry' and silence descends. More commonly, the original lines are paraphrased in some alarming way. It's hard to say which is more painful for the author. Less serious, but quite irritating is to hear the word 'Well' inserted at the beginning of speeches.
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'Incontrovertible' is not a scientific word. Nothing is incontrovertible in science.
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When you can change something just by saying a word, that is magic.
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The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
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There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.
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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.
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My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
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I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe...
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Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead.
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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
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In the beginning was the word, but it wasn't a fixed number of bits.
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Thoughts are like a train, they'll take us somewhere. Protect by filling with the word of God.
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If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
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Whenever I hang out with my female friends, I feel like context is never needed. They can just say two words about something, it's like hearing the first two notes of a song and you can always identify the song. They can just say a word and I know exactly what they're talking about.
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I liked the sound of the word 'snail' every time I said it; the word was as small and simple as the creature itself.
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I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word.
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If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.
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It's to try to spread the Word of God - the true meaning of Christmas. And that is more important than anything else.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice.
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A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.
