Words Quotes
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Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!
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Many Arabic/Islamic words have now entered the English dictionary, such as haj, hijab, Eid, etc., and I no longer need to put them in italics or explain them.
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Whatever I gain from writing lyrics, I feel I lose a little bit for the musical aspect by having that lyrical burden on me. But when I'm liberated from worrying about the words, frankly, I feel I'm a better composer.
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There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope.
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Sometimes I'll write without the guitar or the piano, but most of the time I'll be playing and just improvising some words. And when I get something that sounds good, a line with a story in it, I'll try and tease it out and figure out where the story is going.
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We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.
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Your questions refer to words; so I have to talk about words. You say: The point isn't the word, but its meaning, and you think of the meaning as a thing of the same kind as the word, though also different from the word. Here the word, there the meaning.
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I was definitely the kid who was the chicken, who didn't want to say the cuss words.
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I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.
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My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.
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Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth.
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Women need to hear the words, 'It's okay if things don't go exactly the way you want them to.' Give yourself a break!
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Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.
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My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
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Maybe it was I who needed to learn how to be quiet instead of cluttering the moment with too many words.
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I don't have many hours in a day, as I'm essentially a single parent. But fortunately, I'm a really fast writer. My goal is usually 10 pages a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but by the end of the week, I aim for at least 10,000 words.
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I love words; I love poetry.
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If you can’t put it into words, then you just don’t know.
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Airy elaboration just loses everyone in a fog of words.
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I asked what you love, you said, 'Anything with words.'
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I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.
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Antiphanes said merrily that in a certain city the cold was so intense that words were congealed as soon as spoken, but that after some time they thawed and became audible; so that the words spoken in winter articulated next summer.
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Meantime I say to both sides of industry, 'Please don't support us with general expressions of good will and kind words, and then undermine us through unjustified wage increases or price increases. Either back us or sack us.'
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To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
