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Word Quotes

"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."

"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."

David Jones, American Artist

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"Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!"

"Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!"

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

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

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

Peter Falk, American Actor

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

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

Ninon de Lenclos, French Celebrity

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"Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest."

"Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest."

Anastacia, American Musician

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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."

"The world's most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Word, Venom, Wife, Tongue, Lethal

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"It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind."

"It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Word, Blind, Light, Obvious, Passion

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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."

"If you say a word against a 'sensitive' person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a 'record' playing."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Word, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Regret

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"The word of my lord is the sword for world."

"The word of my lord is the sword for world."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Word, Power, Truth, Wisdom, Today

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"My word fly up my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

"My word fly up my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Word, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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