- 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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movie coincided with the birth of movies in which characters were incidental to the very activities in which they engaged.
- Saying
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- Nov 07, 2020
George Clooney, who is a moron, came here to Cannes and gave a press conference saying, 'Under no circumstances will Trump ever be president. Hillary Clinton will be the next president.' Well, we can't wait to make George Clooney eat his words.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can only write new words at my desk, the one I've owned for 25 years. When we moved to our new house I designed my office around it. I've written everything I've ever written at this desk.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words!
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can, put aside for a moment your opinion of Donald Trump's words and actions and let's be perfectly honest: One year into his presidency, could the economy be any rosier?
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Painting is just a hobby. I really don't think of it much more than that. But writing music and writing words... my life would feel as if it had a big hole if I took those away.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year, I speak to our new associates and give them this advice, although in my own words. 'This isn't like school,' I tell them, 'where you want to get your hand in the air and give an answer quickly. The only grade here is 100. Deadlines are important, but at Blackstone you can always get help in meeting them.'
- Constitution
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People used to ask me questions on my blog about how to break into the acting industry. You often have to start out in parts where you have very few words, but you still have to try to make an impact.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the most cutthroat auditions you'll have as an actor are when you'll have three words to say.
- Finding
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- Nov 07, 2020