Words Quotes
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People who take things too literally don't get much of anything from my teaching. By never saying anything I mean, I say a great deal. I never mean anything I say under oath. I never mean exactly what I say. Not even this. You have to read between the words.
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People need to realize bullying has just as much of an impact online because words are so cutting and difficult to deal with.
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And as we stray further from love, we multiply the words. Had we remained together we could have become a silence.
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I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.
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What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.
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I don't judge my effectiveness by how many words I say. I think liberals often see nuances in things... Conservatives tend to see things in black and white. It gives them an air of certainty and conviction that might make them more comfortable to watch.
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Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.
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Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd,The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.
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In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still;While words of learned length, and thundering soundAmazed the gazing rustics ranged around;And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,That one small head could carry all he knew.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.
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It made her eyes fill up with tears, and she for a few more minutes starting it over, replaying it, watching his lips say the words: "We can be lonely together.
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What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.
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I think if someone were to ask me to put in one sentence what it is that I do, I would say that I try to be in action more than in words.
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When you break out the acoustic guitar, the words are the focal point unless you're the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. So the words have to have meaning.
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I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.
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There are, indeed, things that cannot be put into words. They make themselves manifest. They are what is mystical. (6.522)
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We of alien looks or words must stick together.
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Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.
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Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.
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If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my family, they'd proclaim it astonishing and more culturally relevant than the Bible.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
