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The text illustrates the pictures - it provides a connective tissue for me. I usually refine the text last, partly because pictures are harder to do, so it's easier to edit words - I use text as grout in between the tiles of the pictures. Shaun Tan

Me Words Easier Between Pictures Partly Because Edit Provides Refine Text In-Between Tissue Use Harder Illustrate Last

Like all of my previous work - which I also hope is a bit hard to categorise - 'The Oopsatoreum' is an illustrated book, so a combination of words and pictures that tell a kind of story. Shaun Tan

Work Hope Book Words Bit Tell Kind Previous Combination Pictures Like Also Story Which Hard Illustrated

Everyone is their own kind of poet - you can't miss it when their words are written down. Sheila Heti

You Words Poet Own Down Everyone Kind Written Written Down Miss

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. Shelby Foote

And a lesson in this movie is dig beneath the surface. And so with my words, with my character, I purposely created a character that was away from how you've known me thus far in my career. Shemar Moore

Character Me You Words Lesson Dig Beneath Purposely Thus Known How Surface Movie Far Created Away Career

I've had my fair share of words being twisted and articles being sliced and diced. Shooter Jennings

Words Sliced Had Share Fair Fair Share Articles Being Twisted

It turns out that the very genes that turn on in cancer cells perform vital functions in normal cells. In other words, the very genes that allow our embryos to grow or our brains to grow, our bodies to grow, if you mutate them, if you distort them, then you unleash cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee

You Words Cancer Other Unleash Our Distort Out Vital Embryos Allow Perform Genes Normal Brains Very Cells In Other Words Them Turn Turn-On Then Bodies Turns Grow Functions

Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany. Sigmar Gabriel

Crazy Words Debate Speed Other Topic Bad Beside Besides Would Nepal Would-Be Only Point Road Countries Like Limit Limits Conditions Germany Where In Other Words Places Little Even

Our lives are a sequence of things. When we're alive, they're continuing, just as my words now are an improvisation. So the idea of 30 years is actually quite nebulous. It's impossible to encapsulate it. All you can do is go: 'what next?' Simon McBurney

I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being spoken, are written words projected out of their mouth. Simon McBurney

America is truly special because it's founded on an idea. It's the ideological and philosophical equivalent of a formless God, in other words, you know? It's, again, the only great country in the world that it is formed out of words. Simon Schama

God Great You Words World Country Other Philosophical Great Country Out Only Idea Know Ideological Because Equivalent Truly America In Other Words Formed Again Special Founded

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud. Simon Sinek

If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity. Simon Sinek

Success You Age Words Other Indication Something Longevity Like Look Years In Other Words Younger Success Is Average Company

I continue to write essays about art. The visual is always part of my work, and it gives me immense pleasure to make up the words of art and create them verbally rather than build them. Siri Hustvedt

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art. Sol LeWitt

Art Words Way Making Interested Meaning

When I went to Germany, all I knew were German swear words. Son Heung-min

Words Knew Were German Germany Swear

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on. Sonny Bono

Knowledge You Respect Wonderful Words Sometimes Degree Down Intricate Find Rather Lawyers Due Goes Disgusting Break

Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not. Sophia Amoruso

Words World Active Believe Other Tools Chaos Our Magic Idea Particular Particular Set Force Make How In Other Words Happen Then Use Choose Beliefs Serve Things Things Happen Set

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. Sophocles

Words Pleasure Some Miseries Forgetfulness Even Present Bring

Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant. Soulja Boy

Words Try Mistakes Back Clarify Powerful Come Make Just Meant

I'm a Words With Friends dork! Spencer Kayden

Words Friends Dork

As a writer and former elected official, I believe in the power of words. Stacey Abrams

Words Power Believe Writer Official Former Elected

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