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When Roy Jones was young, he glowed. There was an aura about him, and words came out of his mouth like bursts of machine-gun fire. Thomas Hauser

Words Fire Mouth Young Out About He Like Him Came His Aura Bursts Roy

A moment's thinking is an hour in words. Thomas Hood

Words Thinking Hour Moment

Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words. Thurston Moore

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When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go. Tierra Whack

Words Recording Melody Go Hum Just Then Fill Mumble

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt. Tillie Olsen

Hurt Words Worse Than Cuss

It was a weird reaction to 'Batman Returns,' because half the people thought it was lighter than the first one, and half the people thought it was darker. I think the studio just thought it was too weird - they wanted to go with something more child- or family-friendly. In other words, they didn't want me to do another one. Tim Burton

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I was dyslexic - was, still am - 'cause I would see words that weren't there. And people just started laughing, and I thought, well, this is a good way to make a living. I'll just go downtown to read and have people laugh, you know? Tim Conway

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I just see myself as someone who has a bit of a way with words, basically. Tim Minchin

Myself Words Way Bit See Someone Just Who Basically

When President Bush left office, the deficit was approximately $500 billion. It is now approximately now $1.5 trillion. In other words, President Obama has essentially tripled the deficit. Tim Pawlenty

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I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though. Tim Pratt

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This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies. Tina Turner

Words Become Symphonies Heaven Want Conversations Notes

It's no longer necessary to slave over the vocals. I don't sing the lyrics until I write them, and singing is the very last thing I do. I record the entire track, and then I worry about lyrics and vocals. The music will suggest where the words are going to a certain extent. Todd Rundgren

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David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph. Tom Brokaw

Words Brilliant Country Few Broadcast Say Crisis Triumph Could David Writer Journalism Hear Tragedy Times Modern Icon Who Needed

Once the words of a book appear onscreen, they are no longer simply themselves; they have become a part of something else. They now occupy the same space, not only as every other digital text, but as every other medium, too. Tom Chatfield

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The earliest known writing probably emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, but for most of recorded history, reading and writing remained among the most elite human activities: the province of monarchs, priests and nobles who reserved for themselves the privilege of lasting words. Tom Chatfield

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I don't do nonfiction anymore. Eventually, you just feel constrained by the facts. You want to go where the words take you, and people's actual lives don't always conform. And you can't know them that well. Tom Drury

I have my dream job. If I was seven years old and you asked me what I'd want to be 30 years from now, I'd say exactly who I am. So, 'rare' and 'lucky' are the exact right words. It took a lot of hard work, and I took a weird route to get here, but man, am I grateful for it. Tom King

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I always prided myself on at least trying to be literate and use the right words, and if the audience didn't get it, then they could go home and look it up. Tom Lehrer

Myself Home Words Right Words Could Look Audience Always Least Go Go Home Up Get Trying Literate Then Use Right

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music. Tom Odell

Music Words Those Totally About Songs Putting Just Being Honest

You know that something is really well written when you have to think so little about the words that are coming out of your mouth, and you're able to dwell in your own headspace to get there. Tom Weston-Jones

You Words Own Mouth Think Out Able About Something Written Know Well Well-Written Coming Get Dwell Little Really Your

I can remember, at the start of my career, there were reports of about 100 words here and there, and they would have got your name wrong or the name of the scorer wrong. It just wasn't taken seriously at all. Toni Duggan

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