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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love taking on other people's words. They are much more interesting to me than my own.
- Flatten
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in leavening. You can't have words sticking out too much, like promontories. They disturb the density. You have to flatten them, or raise the surrounding terrain.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the course of a presidency, a U.S. president says millions of words in public. You never know which of them end up cementing a certain impression.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside from the language they have with strangers. I've always been maybe an abuser of alliteration, but I've always loved it and I like how those words sound together.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now that I'm a civilian again, I can once more comment on economic and financial issues without my words being put under the microscope by Fed watchers.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.
- Never Give Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
- Famous
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the whole, monks do not become famous - and that is a good thing - but monasteries do - and that is an excellent thing. In other words, it is the community that matters.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020