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Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Time
Game
Losing
Through
True
True Meaning
Ceases
Begins
Trying
Any
After
Meaning
Show
Euphemism
Keep
'Religion,' I should note, has a disputed etymology in Latin: some say it's from 'relegere,' meaning 'to reread', while others say it's from religare, meaning 'to connect' or 'link.' Literature is life's fastener.
Joshua Cohen
Life
Religion
Others
Latin
Say
Some
Link
Literature
While
Note
Meaning
Should
Connect
Disputed
And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning.
Josiah Royce
God
Win
Our
Our Lives
All Our Lives
Finds
Wins
Attains
Individuality
True
Him
True Meaning
Because
Essential
Just
Just Because
Which
Meaning
Union
Uniqueness
Lives
I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that burger,' 'I love my shoes,' 'I love a friend.' To me, if it's overused, it loses meaning.
Juan Pablo Galavis
Love
Me
Love Is
Shoes
Burger
Everything
States
Learned
Loses
Lot
Friend
Overused
Meaning
Used
Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
Jules Verne
Health
You
Man
Constitution
Matter
Negative
Rage
Difficult
Starvation
Hunger
Purely
Comprehend
Only
Sooner
Understand
Becomes
His
Than
Meaning
Meaning Of
Really
Suffer
Peculiar
The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works.
Julia Holter
Music
Me
Words
Important
Songs
Most
Very
Meaning
Meaning Of
Works
When you try to cool down hot emotions, what tends to happen is that you end up either repressing them or losing them altogether. Neither is desirable. Without emotion, much social interaction loses its meaning or changes for the worse.
Julian Baggini
You
Emotions
Losing
Try
Down
Changes
Worse
Neither
Emotion
Tends
Hot
Without
Altogether
Loses
End
Up
Interaction
Happen
Either
Social
Them
Meaning
Much
Social Interaction
Cool
Desirable
I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.
Jurgen Habermas
War
Terrorism
Mistake
Enemies
Decision
Consider
Criminals
Definite
Status
Network
Retain
Lead
He
Term
Call
Any
Cannot
Against
Bush
Meaning
Serious
Elevating
I really do pride myself on being able to help other people tell their stories and bring out the best in them. But I still, every song I'm writing, I still need to relate to it. I still need to find my true self in it, or else it'll feel dishonest. I mean, everything has a queer meaning as far as I'm concerned.
Justin Tranter
Best
Myself
People
Song
Writing
Pride
Every
Other
Relate
Else
Everything
Out
Tell
Find
Able
Self
True
Feel
Concerned
True Self
Still
Queer
Being
As Far As
Dishonest
Stories
Mean
Them
Meaning
Far
Really
Help
Bring
Need
Why strive to be 'elite'? Because it infuses your life with purpose and meaning that does not depend on anyone or anything that can ever be taken away from you.
Justine Musk
Life
You
Depend
Strive
Purpose
Taken
Because
Does
Anyone
Anything
Meaning
Your
Why
Away
Ever
Elite
You must have an opinion about yourself, some kind of meaning to yourself, a purpose, if you are really going to learn anything or develop into that which you desire to be.
KRS-One
You
Yourself
Kind
Must
Some
About
Purpose
Develop
Learn
Opinion
Going
Anything
Which
Meaning
Really
Desire
I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
Kailash Kher
Funny
Me
You
Word
Language
Blindly
Say
Follow
Entire
Only
Like
Know
Understand
Sound
Dude
Hear
Up
Get
Just
Anything
Heck
Might
Meaning
Use
English
English Language
Using
Connotation
Thing
The one thing I've always done, because I like the sound of my guitar from where I sit - meaning not in front of it - so what I do is, I put microphones around my ears. I have them around my head, too. I don't know if it's a superstitious thing, but it's actually how I recorded my first album.
Kaki King
Guitar
First
Sit
Too
Ears
One Thing
Recorded
Superstitious
Put
Head
Like
Know
Because
Around
Always
How
Sound
Done
Front
Where
The One Thing
Them
Meaning
Actually
Thing
Album
End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.
Karen Thompson Walker
Food
World
Take For Granted
Value
Own
Every
Changed
Enough
Pleasure
Drawn
Ring
My Own
Small
Tend
Take
Hot
True
Wrote
Always
Been
Surprising
Friends
Where
Stories
Ordinary
Them
Meaning
Much
Creating
Granted
Radically
Showers
Found
Routines
Thing
These days, I like to think of sentences as workers. Only one of their jobs is to look and sound good. Sentences are the carriers of plot. They're the conjurers of images, the conveyors of tone and meaning and voice. The best sentences surprise us.
Karen Thompson Walker
Best
Good
Think
Plot
Jobs
Only
Voice
Days
Like
Look
Sound
Surprise
Meaning
Sentences
Us
Workers
Tone
Images
What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression 'This is my Body' means this is myself.
Karl Rahner
Myself
Words
Christ
Own
Gives
His
According
Quite
Explicit
Meaning
Us
Body
Means
Expression
Interpreted
Data and data sets are not objective; they are creations of human design. We give numbers their voice, draw inferences from them, and define their meaning through our interpretations.
Kate Crawford
Design
Sets
Our
Define
Draw
Objective
Give
Data
Voice
Through
Inference
Human
Them
Meaning
Creations
Interpretations
Numbers
In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.
Kate Smith
Music
Words
Mood
Ballads
While
Them
Meaning
Enhances
Nearly
Set
It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
Kate Smith
Song
Word
Important
Every
Only
Understand
Audience
Meaning
Meaning Of
Then
Should
Grasp
Syllable
I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
Kate Winslet
You
Women
Money
Matter
Skin
Teeth
Carry
All Women
Case
True
Know
True Meaning
Because
Always
Got
Getting
Famous
Whether
Meaning
Meaning Of
Actually
I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
Katha Pollitt
Sad
Life
You
Woman
Abortion
Think
Baby
Back
Says
Relief
Given
Having
Feel
Like
Huge
Child
Want
Wants
Meaning
Meaning Of
Your
Who
Whole
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Katherine Mansfield
Words
Once
Somehow
Read
Learned
Without
Register
Meaning
Meaning Of
Consciousness
A story is open-ended. A story invites you into it to make your own meaning.
Katherine Paterson
You
Own
Open-Ended
Invites
Make
Story
Meaning
Your
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.
Kathryn Bigelow
Else
Soldiers
Kind
Some
Potentially
Purpose
Individuals
Combat
Beyond
Provides
Contractors
Which
Meaning
Comparison
My mom and dad were 'helicopter parents,' literally. Meaning, I didn't have a nanny, so I went up in the helicopter. My entire early childhood education consisted of tagging along while they reported on car accidents, multiple-alarm fires, and shootouts.
Katy Tur
Education
Mom
Car
Parents
Accidents
Entire
Fires
Along
Nanny
Were
Up
Reported
Shootouts
Childhood
Literally
While
Meaning
Helicopter
Mom And Dad
Dad
Early
Early Childhood
I just want to make cool art work that has some meaning.
Katya Zamolodchikova
Work
Art
Some
Make
Art Work
Just
Want
Meaning
Cool
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