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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
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom had a tape of Patsy Cline's greatest hits, and whenever we were in the car, she would put it on, and it got to the point where I knew all the words to every one of the songs, and I knew what order they came in on the tape.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.
- Gauge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to gauge whether a girl likes me before I make a move. I would write a page-long note to a girl. If she wrote a whole page back, I knew she liked me, too. If she wrote back like two words, then I figured I'd move on.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter will find some of the sweetest words to tell you that can make a grown man cry. She still gives me the same inspiration. She still motivates me.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote ‘No Words' and ‘Mull of Kintyre' with help from Paul. He was always like a big brother to me and a strong influence on my songwriting.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's something that I learned even before I started acting: the movement, the dance of the body, is very important, and it comes before words.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020