Word Quotes
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The echo of a kind word can be heard to the moon and beyond.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
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If a teacher told me to revise, I thought that meant my writing was a broken-down car that needed to go to the repair shop. I felt insulted. I didn't realize the teacher was saying, 'Make it shine. It's worth it.' Now I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It's a new vision of something. It means you don't have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!
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I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call it so?" "Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything. Originally perhaps it was applied only to express neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement—people were nice in their dress, in their sentiments, or their choice. But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.
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If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.'
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Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he will always see that word: murder—immortally inscribed upon the pediment of that vast slaughterhouse—humanity.
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Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.
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I wonder if "an" ever occurs before "haughty" except in a quotation, or whether you can make anything sound like a quotation by adding a word like "goeth"?
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
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Like two doomed ships that pass in storm we had crossed each other's way: but we made no sign, we said no word, we had no word to say.
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And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
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The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.
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I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
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I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.
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Matrimony is not a word, it's a sentence.
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I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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Disciples of Christ abide in His Word. Those who abide in His Word know the truth and are free.
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A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow.
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The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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The word 'feminist' is a word that discriminates, and I'm not into that. I don't think there has to be a separation in life in anything. [...] Labels are for other people to understand us, so for me, I know how I feel and I don't need to call myself a 'feminist' or 'not a feminist' because I know what my truth is.
