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Words Quotes
Words carry more weight than we plan for.
This set spans the everyday and the pointed - a playful warning about overusing absolute words like "always" and "never," and a reminder that English still has more words than any one person can hold in their head. Related reading in Good Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen King, which is my favorite all time. I read that at least once a year, the version which has 100,000 extra words, which is like the director's cut and unabridged. I love the story. I love the social connotation to it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone drew a picture of Pope John wearing an Avis 'We try harder' button, those words no longer meant which car rental to patronize, and yet some of the overtones from its original meaning are there and make a contribution to the new situation.
- Good Words
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can enjoy the quality of the ad and not let them pressure you to buy what you don't really need. I have had fun taking back superlatives and just ordinary good words and phrases from ads and trying to restore some of their life to them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.
- Nov 07, 2020
Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ones who are the smartest are the ones who use us. In other words, they understand the relationship between the press and leaders.
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- Nov 07, 2020