Word Quotes
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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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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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I am quite Pan-like in my naïve confidence that he will play by the rules and keep his word.
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The word 'modern' is a cliche.
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The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
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Normal is absolutely my least favorite word.
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What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.
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Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning.
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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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But you have to let go of the past first or you won’t believe a word she says.
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My word is Iron
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I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall.
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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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Sacrifice your life rather than your word.
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It was like we were all so busy trying to be happy or saying we were happy, but underneath there was nothing but bitterness, the kind that could only be bled out in ink, in unspoken word.
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There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event… I make a photograph to give you the equivalent of what I felt. Equivalent is still the best word.
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The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.
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We need to be more precise in how we talk about these issues. People around the word follow our presidential campaigns so closely, trying to get hints about what we will do.
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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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I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe...
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My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
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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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I have found in every word a certain musical value, a melody in every thought, harmony in every feeling, and I have tried to interpret the same things with clear and simple words to those who used to listen to my music.
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Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
