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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
- Language
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People say I use foul language. I learnt swear words only from my father and YGP.
- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, I've admired wrist tattoos, but I was always afraid that they would hurt - I'm kind of a weenie about pain. In fact, it's why I wear so many bracelets on my left wrist. The bracelets represented the words or phrases I'd want to get tattooed but didn't have the courage to.
- Nov 07, 2020
I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shamelessly shoplift words, plucking bons mots and phrases from any tempting language. We wear these words when we wish to be more formal, more elegant, more mysterious, worldly, precise, vague.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Language, after all, is organic. You can't force words into existence. You can't force new meanings into words. And some words can't or won't or shouldn't be laundered or neutered. Language develops naturally.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
My earliest memory is trying to read Beatrix Potter, and the words were literally jumping off the page.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020