- 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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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.
- Comfort
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're now able to show that the words of comfort trigger biological reactions which are the very things that you want, and you can use drugs to get there, or you can use words of comfort to get there, which would make your drugs so much more effective.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
- Few
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to listen to 'Woman's Hour' every morning, but I've discovered that I can't have words on when I'm working.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Words hold tremendous power, and if we don't reclaim our language and start seeing people instead of 'militants,' drone victims instead of 'bug splats,' or natural splendor instead of 'green infrastructure,' then the voiceless are destined to be silenced forever.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can't spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find young people talk about what they want to do, which is great because you get to form the words, but its also like, you gotta just get in there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
At my house, it's an, 'If dad says it, you can say it' kind of deal, so a lot of my slang words come off very childish at this point in my career.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020