- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Bubbling
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- Nov 07, 2020
My songs are always on the tip of my tongue. It's always bubbling and brewing and about to come out. I can't really put it into words, but the best way to explain it is feeling like you constantly have some things on the tip of your tongue.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I just can't - if I get a puppy and I paper train him and I put the - if all of a sudden I'd open the paper and there's a crossword puzzle - 'No, no, you can't go on that, honey. I'll take it.'
- Pen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient's ability and desire to survive.
- Clergy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians change lives with their words. It is hypnotic for a child or patient to hear an authority figure's words. As I am always sharing, 'wordswordswords' can become 'swordswordswords,' and we can kill or cure with either words or swords.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always made a distinction between healing and curing. To me, 'healed' represents a condition of one's life; 'cured' relates strictly to one's physical condition. In other words, there may be healed quadriplegics and AIDS patients, and cured cancer patients who are leading unhealthy lives.
- Nov 07, 2020
I talk by playing, not by words.
- Difficulties
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The words that I'm most happy with are the ones that come from my subconscious rather than my conscious. They just feel right. I think that's the same with music, really. If you're doing an album, there's ten or eleven sets of lyrics, so you get to the point of inspiration ten or eleven times - it's difficult.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most meaningless term in the English language is 'I take full responsibility.' When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.
- Metaphysical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.
- Executive Power
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- Nov 07, 2020