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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
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nice words but he's really all about looking out for his rich and powerful friends, just like the Conservatives.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Raised in a house filled with old books, I'm drawn to them: the dust jackets that call out a historical moment, the marbled boards, the words pressed into the page with movable type.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
More than anything, acting was more like a confidence thing. I love words - I love English - but I don't have a hugely academic brain, so I enjoyed it because it was a bit of a respite. I don't think I really had a sense I would actually be a musician or an actor; I just wanted to be around that.
- Other
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
- Lips
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
- Never Give Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always wanted me to do the right thing. My mom, I think her exact words were, 'You're not a chicken in the coop playing in the scraps, you're an eagle.' I was like, 'Oh, OK... ' But really, I've used that throughout my life.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020