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When listening to politicians, distinguish certain words. Look out for the expansive use of 'terrorism' and 'extremism.' Be alive to the fatal notions of 'exception' and 'emergency.' Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. Timothy D. Snyder

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.' Tom Lehrer

You Youth Words Girl Say Were Front Now

I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I would throw it into every piece because something about it appealed to me. Tom Wolfe

Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us. I don't think there's anywhere in the Scriptures through the saints' lives where pride was ever a positive characteristic of anybody. Troy Polamalu

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There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do. Twyla Tharp

Truth Lie Words Power Action Easily Obviously Which

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought. Vaclav Havel

Experience Words Other More Absence Absurdity Sought In Other Words Meaning Deeper

Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure. Victor Hugo

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future... but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don't let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself. Virat Kohli

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Words without thoughts never to heaven go. William Shakespeare

Thoughts Words Never Without Go Heaven

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality. Yo-Yo Ma

Music Good You Words Single Other Sum See Composition Totality Facet More Like Piece Sort Parts Always Prism Itself Than In Other Words Which Really Each

I am righteous and not afraid to speak my truth. My delivery might not always be as diplomatic as I would like it to be, but my words are truthful - spoken from the heart and to the point. Yolanda Hadid

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I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words. bell hooks

Life Service Words Style Supports Contemplation Created

The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice. Richard Dawkins

Life Justice Words Nothing Universe Mad Out Evolved Would Would-Be Some Fact Attempt Years Literally After Staggering Billion Nearly

Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action. Bill O'Reilly

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Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness. Richard Dawkins

Words Matter Trivial Because Consciousness Raise

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Faith Words Unknown Would Would-Be Pursue Were End Dying Last

Rapping can be repetition sometimes. Sometimes you gotta highlight your words in a certain kind of way. So I always was a fan of sing-rapping. It was always funny to me a little bit, and I think that being funny and being able to laugh, even at yourself, is a form of flattery. ASAP Ferg

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It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can't spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it! Abby Lee Miller

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We're now able to show that the words of comfort trigger biological reactions which are the very things that you want, and you can use drugs to get there, or you can use words of comfort to get there, which would make your drugs so much more effective. Abraham Verghese

My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born. Adam Braun

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