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Anonymous
Be careful of the words you say,Keep them short and sweet.You never know, from day to day,Which ones you'll have to eat.
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Anonymous
If language is as inextricably tied up with consciousness as it seems to be, then the continuing diminishment of our inclination to use it to express in letters the times in which we live could mean that an element of human consciousness itself is on the verge of disappearing.
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Anonymous
The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is your opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank you The one least important word: I.
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Anonymous
Watch your thoughts, they become your wordsWatch your words, they become your actionsWatch your actions, they become your habitsWatch your habits, they become your characterWatch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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Anonymous
A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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Barbara Walters
A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.
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Benjamin Franklin
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
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Buddha
However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do youIf you do not act on upon them?
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Charles Capps
Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind.
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Dorothy Nevill
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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Edward de Bono Serious Creativity
In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
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Edward Thorndike
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
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George Gordon Byron
But words are things, and a small drop of ink,Falling like dew, upon a thought, producesThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
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Ingrid Bengis
For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.
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J. B. Phillips
If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.
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