Word Quotes
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When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life.
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In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a big word. It's kind of pathetic, but I have to love what I'm doing.
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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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Sacrifice your life rather than your word.
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We don't have to do this. Just say the word and I can have a jet here in an hour. We can go anywhere.
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Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which gems and jewels do not possess; a word may contain so much life that it can heal the wounds of the heart. Therefore, poetry in which the soul is expressed is as living as a human being. The greatest reward that God bestows on man is eloquence and poetry. This is not an exaggeration, for it is the gift of the poet that culminates, in time, with the gift of prophecy.
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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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I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.
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The word is a sound of some sort and that's where the energy comes from.
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But you have to let go of the past first or you won’t believe a word she says.
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If you're not doing something that people will remark on, then it's going to be hard to generate word of mouth.
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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
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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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Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.
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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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Rebel is just as bad a word as maturity.
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I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.
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DNCE is “dance without the a.” It’s not a perfect word, and you don’t always have to be a perfect dancer to dance. Life is just sometimes not perfect.
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Every tounge bit had another word to say.
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I don't take anything Hillary Clinton is going to say at all as true. I'm not going to take her on her word.
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Dumb nerd, scratch everything you already done heard I could go platinum if my album wasn't more than one word.
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I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It's part of the process of selection.
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I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall.
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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.
