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"Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away."
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"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."

"Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly."

"I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster."
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"The world's most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife."

"A million words were going through my head and honestly I didn't say one of them. I wanted to let it sit, simmer, you know I wanted to soak it all in - the moment was amazing."

"If you say a word against a 'sensitive' person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a 'record' playing."
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"Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure."

"But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters."

"Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance."

"We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us."

"Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength."

"This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency."

"There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life."
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