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One day Bird had approached his father with this question; he was six years old: Father, where was I a hundred years before I was born? Where will I be a hundred years after I die? Father, what will happen to me when I die? Without a word, his young father had punched him in the mouth, broke two of his teeth and bloodied his face, and Bird forgot the fear of death. Kenzaburo Oe
Tom Stoppard quote: "(Words) deserve respect. Get the right ones in the right..."
(Words) deserve respect. Get the right ones in the right order, and you can nudge the world a little. Tom Stoppard
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural”..."
One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word. Robert A. Heinlein
One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within himself. In a word man knows he is wretched. Thus he is wretched because he is so, but he is truly great because he knows it. Blaise Pascal
Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. The best one can hope for is to find along the way someone to share the path, content to walk in silence, for the heart communes best when it does not try to speak. Margaret Weis
Carlos Fuentes quote: "One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an..."
One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone. Carlos Fuentes
James D. Houston quote: "Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why..."
Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another? James D. Houston
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "One of the most misleading representational techniques in our..."
One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' Ludwig Wittgenstein
Voltaire quote: "One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in..."
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. Voltaire
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another. Jon Corzine
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural"..."
One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. Robert A. Heinlein
Words can have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbit and enter a wider magnetic field. No one owns them or has a proprietary right to dictate how they will be used. David Lehman
John Bunyan quote: "Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high..."
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air. John Bunyan
Edward Sapir quote: "One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of..."
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. Edward Sapir

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