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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
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my mother did it all.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
The words used to describe the heroes of D-Day are not the current lexicon we tend to use for success. Humble, selfless, brave. Those are not words we attach in 2019 to superstars.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
The body says what words cannot.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess for me, I keep saying the words 'consumer electronics,' 'consumer tech' - the biggest purchase decisions people make a lot of times are the phones they buy and the tech they buy. To be able to influence other people's decisions on that front is pretty game changing.
- Closest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The closest thing I have to a manager is my parents, for all their words of wisdom and business experience.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing - that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
New technology creates a new marketplace of words, creating totally new words and changing the meaning and application of existing ones. In doing so, it has a potent opportunity to create new misconceptions and confusion.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned from being in the woods that titles don't mean much and that actions speak a lot louder than words - even in Congress. I always look for the people who want to act - people who want to run the river or climb the mountain - even if they're not members of my political party.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the words are important.
- Conspires
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- Nov 07, 2020
Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020