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In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.
David Lowery
You
Heart
People
Words
Hide
Matter
Immediate
Favorite
Direct
More
Scenes
Look
Talking
Because
Becomes
Dialogue
Quickly
Often
Cut
Much
Moments
Connection
Things
To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words.
David Lynch
Me
Words
Both
Abstract
Abstraction
Well
Said
Concrete
Hold
Story
Really
Things
The words 'maybe' and 'perhaps' are literally the same - the flavor is the same, the educational level is the same. But you just know when to use maybe and when to use perhaps. I think it's because of this: You get to know the tastes or musical tastes of words themselves, and this informs your choice, whether you use them or not.
David Mitchell
You
Words
Think
Musical
Perhaps
Know
Because
Educational
Get
Same
Tastes
Maybe
Just
Literally
Whether
Informs
Flavor
Them
Themselves
Choice
Use
Your
Level
What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.
David Oyelowo
Great
Women
Words
Men
Men And Women
Become
Own
Heroism
Our
Way
Great Men
Gives
Excuse
Bravely
Them
Us
Act
Actions
Lives
Images
I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and I know what they're like. They are in love with language. They're obsessed with it. Even if their thoughts aren't more special than anybody else's, they have a way of putting them into words that makes them sensational.
David Small
Love
Great
Thoughts
Words
Language
Else
Way
Great Ones
More
Excellent
Writer
Writers
Putting
Obsessed
Like
Know
Makes
Lot
Handful
Than
Anybody
Sensational
Them
Really
Special
Even
You do need to edit yourself as you shoot because you have fewer options in a smaller movie. In other words, when I'm shooting a big movie, and I got an 85 day shooting schedule or more, then I'm saying I have enough time to shoot option A and B and C and D for every scene.
David Twohy
Saying
Time
Day
You
Yourself
Words
Big
Every
Other
Enough
Enough Time
More
Scene
Schedule
Smaller
Because
Edit
Got
Big Movie
Option
Options
Shoot
Shooting
Fewer
Movie
In Other Words
Then
Need
It's difficult to say with words what Manchester United means for me. For anyone. It's amazing to play for this club, with the history of this club, for the fans, for everything. It's amazing to be part of this club.
David de Gea
Me
History
Words
Amazing
Fans
Club
Difficult
Everything
Say
Part
Manchester
Manchester United
The History Of
Anyone
Means
United
Play
You have to figure out what's important and keep the main points, though I will swing a little outside the box. It affords me the freedom to find out who the character is, and it's been a positive technique for me. I'm not saying everyone should change words, but if you can do it with confidence, you may nail it.
Dawn Olivieri
Positive
Saying
Freedom
Character
Me
You
Confidence
Change
You Can Do It
Words
Will
Important
Everyone
Though
Out
Find
Points
Main
Outside
Nail
Box
Been
Affords
May
Little
Should
Figure
Who
Swing
Keep
Technique
I kind of push myself through my words and how I carry myself.
DeAngelo Williams
Myself
Words
Kind
Carry
Through
Push
How
I know a lot of guys say that when they are younger - 'I'm gonna get it, get my money, and get out' - and then end up wrestling until they're 50. But that could end up being me, too. I can tell you I want to get out early and end up eating my own words. All of a sudden, I'm 50, and I'm still walking out there.
Dean Ambrose
Me
You
Words
Money
Own
Too
Say
Out
Tell
Eating
Guys
My Own
Wrestling
Could
Know
Until
Still
Lot
End
Up
Walking
Get
Being
Want
Gonna
Younger
Then
Sudden
Early
I've got seven kids. The three words you hear most around my house are 'hello', 'goodbye', and 'I'm pregnant'.
Dean Martin
You
Words
Three
Seven
Kids
Goodbye
Most
House
Around
Got
Hear
Pregnant
Hello
I don't know fancy big words, because I didn't have a rich mother who sent her to fancy schools.
Debbie Reynolds
Words
Mother
Big
Rich
Know
Schools
Because
Fancy
Sent
Who
Her
I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Me
You
Women
Words
Cancer
Thought
Those
Would
Would-Be
Admit
Devastating
Never
Knew
Like
Always
Hear
Breast Cancer
Many
Chance
Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.
Debby Ryan
Myself
Eyes
Words
Face
Think
Hi
More
Puts
Takes
Name
Like
Am
Front
Storyteller
Them
Page
Your
Actress
I'm very direct, I don't believe in wasting time, in wasting words.
Deborah Meaden
Time
Words
Believe
Direct
Very
Wasting
Wasting Time
November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude.
Deborah Sampson
Friendship
Family
Me
Gratitude
People
Judge
Words
November
Every
Mark
Respectable
Distinction
Likewise
Arrived
Did
Same
Want
Really
Express
Treated
Many mothers or daughters assume that words only mean one thing. 'If I feel criticised, that has to be the whole story', and 'if I feel I am being helpful, that has to be the whole story'.
Deborah Tannen
Words
Assume
One Thing
Only
Daughters
Feel
Mothers
Am
Being
Story
Mean
Helpful
Many
Whole
Thing
The meanings of words and the uses of words come from practice from the way people in a given culture use those words.
Deborah Tannen
Culture
People
Words
Practice
Way
Those
Given
Come
Meanings
Use
Uses
'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.
Deborah Tannen
Words
Wrong
Uses
Right
Right And Wrong
The long history of conversations that family members share contributes not only to how listeners interpret words but also to how speakers choose them.
Deborah Tannen
Family
History
Words
Long
Members
Only
Long History
Share
Also
How
Family Members
Listeners
Conversations
Them
Speakers
Choose
Interpret
Everything you say in a family carries meaning from all that was said before. So with friends, there is less likelihood of a few words triggering associations from childhood, where our deepest emotions often are rooted.
Deborah Tannen
Family
You
Emotions
Words
Before
Few
Our
Everything
Say
Carries
Likelihood
Said
Friends
Often
Childhood
Where
Meaning
Rooted
Less
Deepest
Associations
The Pavlovian view of women voters - 'plug the words in, and they will respond' - sends a chill down my spine because it sounds like an adaptation of something I have written about communication between the sexes: When a woman tells a man about a problem, she doesn't want him to fix it; she just wants him to listen and let her know he understands.
Deborah Tannen
Man
Woman
Women
Communication
Problem
Words
Chill
Will
Down
Respond
Sexes
Tells
Plug
Spine
About
Something
He
Written
Between
Like
Voters
Know
She
Him
Because
Understands
Sounds
Fix
Sends
Listen
Just
Want
Wants
View
Her
Adaptation
I am always telling students that a story is not just words. You can tell a story with dance or paint or music. Kids and adults are visual learners, auditory learners. There are those of us who need to touch it. Storytelling encompasses so much more than words on paper.
Deborah Wiles
Music
You
Words
Dance
Paper
Those
Kids
Tell
Telling
Visual
Touch
More
Adult
Students
Learners
Always
Am
Than
Just
Story
Storytelling
Us
Much
Paint
Who
Need
So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.
Debra Messing
Love
Son
Words
School
Too Much
Too
He
Powerful
Know
Him
Because
Encourage
Very
Curious
Which
Loves
Fantastic
Meaningful
Much
I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.
Del Shannon
Me
Words
Saw
Some
Pretty
Horrible
Could
Songs
Simply
Wrote
Still
Came
Tape
Rhyme
I don't believe in the power of words.
Denis Leary
Words
Power
Believe
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