- 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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to chapter books. Chapters are often long... 10 pages can seem like a lifetime to a young reader. Then reading becomes laborious and serious. That's why some of the chapters in my books are very short.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to figure out and master this incredibly mysterious instrument.
- Spirit
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.
- Certain Degree
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- Nov 07, 2020
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, the only things that are shovel ready around here are the words coming out of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's mouth.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a cinematographer, I was always attracted to stories that have the potential to be told with as few words as possible.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.
- Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used the second year of my MFA program to write a young adult novel and began pursuing picture books as well. I loved the economy of this art form, choosing, with pristine attention, the exact right words to tell the exact right story.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all writers, regardless of genre, are challenged to do, but it is in children's that the art of selection really becomes an art.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light children up, that children will recognize. Words that inspire and comfort. Words that challenge yet don't patronize. Words that, well, mean something to them.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020