1894 Word Quotes for You to Enjoy

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'. Alan Perlis

Frustration Word Living Definition Computers Computing Obvious Turning Useful

In the mind of the public, the word 'planet' carries a significance lacking in other words used to describe planetary bodies... many members of the public assume that alleged 'non-planets' cease to be interesting enough to warrant scientific exploration. Alan Stern

Words Word Mind Assume Other Enough Members Significance Carries Alleged Scientific Cease Lacking In Other Words Interesting Public Planet Bodies Planetary Exploration Used Warrant Many Describe

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word. Alastair Reynolds

Word Big Every Writer Had Over Stopped Breakthroughs

I hate the word 'cool.' It gives me a rash. Alber Elbaz

Me Hate Word Rash Gives Cool

'Commercial' is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sort of art in it and creation, but it's also some object that you have to use. There is also this pragmatic end to it. Alber Elbaz

If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good, but 'mess' might be right. Why not a mess? If it makes you say, 'Wow, I've never seen anything like that', that's beautiful. Albert Oehlen

As the camera, I try to subordinate every word to be truthful and honest to each character's context. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Character Try Word Every Context Camera Truthful Subordinate Each Honest

In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. Aleksandar Hemon

Word Distinction Bosnian Between Nonfiction Fiction Literature Describing

A word, for example, that is negative, pejorative, and has caused more pain and suffering is 'illegitimate.' But every person has a mother and father. It is another way we let society hurt others. Alex Haley

My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He'll watch me play and, if I've done well, he'll have a quiet word with me and say, 'Well done.' If I've had a not-so-good game, he'll let me know about it. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses, and on paper, I kind of succeeded: I was the first pick in the draft. And with that, I inherited this big shiny trophy that I carried around, and it had one word engraved on it - anxiety. Alex Smith

Anxiety Word First Big Paper Carried Kind Weaknesses Promote Tried One Word Perfect Trophy Had Pick Conceal Combine Around Shiny Succeeded Inherited Workouts Engraved Player Draft Strengths

'Independent' means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's such a pretentious term, but it's auteurist cinema. Director-driven, personal, auteurist... Whatever word you want. Alexander Payne

I've had a few embarrassing moments in restaurants. I tried to order a quesadilla, and I totally mispronounced the word. And another time, I asked for some toast with Marmite, and they had no idea what I was asking for! Alexandra Adornetto

Time Word Few Embarrassing Tried Restaurants Some No Idea Totally Had Idea Another Another Time Order Toast Asked Asking Moments

I'm a working writer; this is my job. So it matters to me that it's good. I sweat over every word. I don't just vomit this stuff up. It's agony. The only thing that comes close is childbirth, except it's like being in labor for eighteen months. Alexandra Fuller

Good Me Word Job Matters Every Months Only Except Writer Vomit Stuff Over Like Up Labor Close Childbirth Just Being Eighteen The Only Thing Sweat Working Agony Thing

'I' is the word everyone uses to refer to themselves. On the one hand, it points to a specific person, but it's also this blank space that you can insert yourself into; it's a chute into empathy. Alexandra Kleeman

You Yourself Space Word Everyone Insert Blank Points Empathy Also Refer Hand Person Themselves Uses Specific

People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.' Alexei Navalny

People Word Nationalism Just Afraid Really Views

Trees are great. Don't get me started about how clever they are, how oxygen-generous, how time-formed in inner cyclic circles, how they provide homes for myriad creatures, how - back when this country was covered in forests - the word for sky was an Old English word that meant 'tops of trees.' Ali Smith

Great Me Old Word Sky Country Clever Trees Back Circles Tops About Myriad How Covered Provide Forests Get Meant English Creatures Homes Inner Started

Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word. Alice McDermott

Life Interior Word Reading Matters State Meet Books Those Inside About Clean Written Written Word Know Talk Read Because Always Sheltered Timeless Wonder Authors Where Place Little Room Us Transporting Who Publishing

I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish. Alice Walker

The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK. Allan Sloan

I never heard the word 'compromise' used. So I'm starting to believe that these terms only come into play to try and force Republicans to do what the Democrats want. Allen West

Try Word Believe Only Compromise Never Come Terms Force Democrats Heard Want Republicans Used Play Starting

Nothing feels worse than knowing that people didn't see your movie. That they wanted to and the critics loved it but nobody knew where it was because it didn't do what it was supposed to do opening weekend. It used to be that independents were allowed to stay in the theaters, build word of mouth. Allison Anders

People Word Build Mouth Nothing Worse Independents Stay Critics See Weekend Allowed Knew Nobody Feels Opening Supposed Knowing Because Were Than Where Movie Wanted Loved Theaters Word-Of-Mouth Your Used

I will always be grateful to Madrid. I never said a bad word about anybody there. Everyone there, even the president, treated me really well always. Alvaro Morata

Me Grateful Word Will Be Grateful President Everyone Bad Madrid About Never Well Said Always Anybody Really Even Treated

If you can't pronounce a word correctly, just don't use it. Amanda Seyfried

You Word Correctly Pronounce Just Use

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