Words Quotes
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Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: 'Open Bar.'
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In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see.
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The long history of conversations that family members share contributes not only to how listeners interpret words but also to how speakers choose them.
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There are nineteen words in Yiddish that convey gradations of disparagement, from a mild, fluttery helplessness to a state of downright, irreconcilable brutishness. All of them can be usefully employed to pinpoint the kind of individuals I write about.
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You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand.
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The more words you know the more clearly and powerfully you will think . . . and the more ideas you will invite into your mind.
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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.
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When I was young, I reached a point where I found myself unable to pray. I was devastated by it. I missed being able to say words in my head that I believed could be heard by a being, a consciousness outside me. That is when I turned to poetry.
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You ready?" Evan asks, and he's looking at me, and I love his hair, I love his smile, I lo--"I Love You," I say, and as I watch his smile bloom I finally get how great those three little words are. I finally get what they really mean.
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I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.
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Whenever a man and a woman come to words or blows, fools are quick to attribute it to the differences between the sexes. The sexes differ much less than they wish to believe, and such differences as are real tend less to promote strife than to prevent it.
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Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
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I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.
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'Just looking at pictures' used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading.
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Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling.
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Going to a major tournament, having that buzz - it's hard to put into words. It's a dream to go there, and to play. It's the biggest thing you can achieve in your career, and to go again would be a dream.
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Words are like untying a corset - you can move into this great space with them.
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I've recorded songs that are prayers in different styles, not just in the traditional gospel style that can help and comfort them. It's the words that matter most.
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I've titled this book 'Eighty Is Not Enough' not just for the obvious play on words, but as a way of expressing the single idea that has governed my entire life, that every moment of life is precious, that every step we take is an adventure, that every day on earth is a gift from God.
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In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.
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Bombs take hours or days to reach every corner of the earth. Words arrive instantly and kill more people. They are a weapon of mass destruction.
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It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man’s fate is not important.'If it is not, what is?'He could not endure those remembered words.
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Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
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Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.
