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Word Quotes
Short lines built around the weight of a single word.
These quotes look at how one word can carry more than its dictionary entry suggests, including the idea that tolerance sometimes functions as a disguised form of indifference. Others note that everyday terms, like entrepreneur, arrived in English as borrowed language. For a lighter take on wordplay, see our Riddles page.
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- Coloured
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My mother was a member of the Cape Coloured community. 'Coloured' is the South African word for the half-caste community that was a by-product of the early contact between black and white.
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'Gunga Gin' is a true Libertines amalgamation, in the proper, old-fashioned sense of the word.
- Modern
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The word 'modern' is a cliche.
- Nasty
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
- Picture
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Play is a medium of word and film is a medium of picture.
- Expressed
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I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all.
- Pronounce
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Sequestration, sequestation - however you pronounce that word - and gridlock aren't all that bad.
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Failure is a word unknown to me.
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Comeback is a good word, man.
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Your word is your bond.
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