Words Quotes
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I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none.
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Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.
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One of the principal obstacles to the rapid diffusion of a new idea lies in the difficulty of finding suitable expression to convey its essential point to other minds. Words may have to be strained into a new sense, and scientific controversies constantly resolve themselves into differences about the meaning of words. On the other hand, a happy nomenclature has sometimes been more powerful than rigorous logic in allowing a new train of thought to be quickly and generally accepted.
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I will always try to turn sights and sounds into words. I will always try to shape words into my singing poems.
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True words seem false.
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I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words.
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As the United Nations pushes for jurisdiction over the globe, it is important to remember how it has acted in Bosnia. The character of an institution, no less than of an individual, is revealed through actions, not words.
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When there's no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon's only tool.
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I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words - it's difficult sometimes for an actor. So I'm kind of aware of breaking sometimes the line, the sentence with a comma where maybe there wouldn't be a comma there. Just to give a breathing space for the actor, just to be aware of that.
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There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things.
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It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.
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A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.
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I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.
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One feels 'the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech' in trying to describe things intangible.
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I'm not much of a storyteller with words!
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Those for whom words have lost their value are likely to find that ideas have also lost their value.
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Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.
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I should of been chewing on my words some, so everybody else would have had a better chance of swallowing them.
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She understood. They were plastic flowers of words—but they looked nice on the surface.
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My words itch at your ears till you understand them.
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Paris is life-enhancing for all those reasons we know and all those words that have become so banal.
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Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.
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Church was the thing for me. The fellowship and the message that was given and singing in the choir and singing the solos and really listening to the words that you were singing and seeing how it affected people was huge for me.
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The secret to fundraising comes down to three magic words: before, more, and strategic.
