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Word Quotes (page 60)

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear. Helen Dunmore
John Drinkwater quote: "When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is..."
When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life. John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater quote: "But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no..."
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. John Drinkwater
It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me. Bo Derek
Don DeLillo quote: "I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize..."
I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence. Don DeLillo
In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment. Pliny the Elder
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. Pythagoras
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. Elizabeth I
It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words. T. S. Eliot
Brett Hull quote: "There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean..."
There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word. Brett Hull
Cole Porter quote: "Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use..."
Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. Cole Porter
I've been working as an actress since I was very young, and I know a lot of people who are actors who don't have to deal with having a persona... You know, if you look up the word persona, it isn't even real. The whole meaning of the word is that it's made up, and it's like I didn't even get to make up my own. It can be annoying. Kristen Stewart
The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. John McCarthy
When I first went public with my son Evan's story, I just planned to talk about the 'R' word - Recovery. But soon I was spending most my time talking about the 'V' word - vaccines. Jenny McCarthy
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College. Godfried Danneels

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