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Maurice Maeterlinck

"How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words."

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"How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words."

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"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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"I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately."

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"Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday."

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"Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself."

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"For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue."

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"What's another word for Thesaurus?"

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"Words are just words."

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"And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions."

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"If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched."

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