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Vocabulary Quotes

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a book for children. Children still haven’t closed themselves off with fear of the unknown, fear of revolution, or the scramble for security. They are still familiar with the inborn vocabulary of myth Picture Quote #1

My dad didn’t have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in ‘Harvest,’ I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can Picture Quote #1

The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don’t need any fingers Picture Quote #1

If scientists could communicate more in their own voices - in a familiar tone, with a less specialized vocabulary - would a wide range of people understand them better? Would their work be better understood by the general public, policy-makers, funders, and, even in some cases, other scientists? Picture Quote #1

Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way Picture Quote #1

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. That is impossible. Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a pop artist. For me pop never was.... Pop is concerned with exteriors. I’m concerned with interiors. When I use objects, I see them as a vocabulary of feelings. I can spend a lot of time with objects, and they leave me as satisfied as a good meal. I don’t think pop artists feel that way Picture Quote #1

I like a woman who has a vocabulary larger than ‘shoes’ and ‘handbags.’ But a nice pair of legs to go in the shoes is always good, too Picture Quote #1

Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it Picture Quote #1

One of the frustrations about the modern world is that we don’t even have a good vocabulary to describe our state. The word sentiment sounds mushy [but] sentiment is not mushy Picture Quote #1

Xenial’ is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn’t guarantee that I’m a good person. . . . But it does mean I’ve read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil Picture Quote #1

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary Picture Quote #1

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I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary Picture Quote #1

Compassion is not a dirty word.. it’s time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours Picture Quote #1

A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind Picture Quote #1

I think that a lot of things are hard to read if you’re not in the vocabulary flow of that particular discourse. I sometimes forget that even though the words I’m using are fairly ordinary words, the concepts around which they cluster, which are the long concepts of literary tradition, may not be familiar to an audience Picture Quote #1

I need to eliminate ‘like’ from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, ‘That’s seriously like... ‘ I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it Picture Quote #1

Here’s a thought: what if we ban the word ‘healthy food’ from our culinary vocabulary? I’m not talking about banning foods that are considered healthy. I’m talking about changing the way we think about food overall Picture Quote #1

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No one realized that I needed eyeglasses until I was 12 years old. My parents were writers, so I was around the sounds of words and developed a vocabulary with my sense of hearing. I play guitar by ear Picture Quote #1

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If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a book for children. Children still haven’t closed themselves off with fear of the unknown, fear of revolution, or the scramble for security. They are still familiar with the inborn vocabulary of myth (Vocabulary Quotes) My dad didn’t have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in ‘Harvest,’ I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can. (Vocabulary Quotes) The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don’t need any fingers. (Vocabulary Quotes) If scientists could communicate more in their own voices - in a familiar tone, with a less specialized vocabulary - would a wide range of people understand them better? Would their work be better understood by the general public, policy-makers, funders, and, even in some cases, other scientists? (Vocabulary Quotes) Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way. (Vocabulary Quotes) Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. That is impossible. Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things. (Vocabulary Quotes) I’m not a pop artist. For me pop never was.... Pop is concerned with exteriors. I’m concerned with interiors. When I use objects, I see them as a vocabulary of feelings. I can spend a lot of time with objects, and they leave me as satisfied as a good meal. I don’t think pop artists feel that way. (Vocabulary Quotes) I like a woman who has a vocabulary larger than ‘shoes’ and ‘handbags.’ But a nice pair of legs to go in the shoes is always good, too. (Vocabulary Quotes) Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it. (Vocabulary Quotes) One of the frustrations about the modern world is that we don’t even have a good vocabulary to describe our state. The word sentiment sounds mushy [but] sentiment is not mushy. (Vocabulary Quotes) Xenial’ is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn’t guarantee that I’m a good person. . . . But it does mean I’ve read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil. (Vocabulary Quotes) The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. (Vocabulary Quotes) I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary. (Vocabulary Quotes) Compassion is not a dirty word.. it’s time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours. (Vocabulary Quotes) A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind. (Vocabulary Quotes) I think that a lot of things are hard to read if you’re not in the vocabulary flow of that particular discourse. I sometimes forget that even though the words I’m using are fairly ordinary words, the concepts around which they cluster, which are the long concepts of literary tradition, may not be familiar to an audience. (Vocabulary Quotes) I need to eliminate ‘like’ from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, ‘That’s seriously like... ‘ I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it. (Vocabulary Quotes) Here’s a thought: what if we ban the word ‘healthy food’ from our culinary vocabulary? I’m not talking about banning foods that are considered healthy. I’m talking about changing the way we think about food overall. (Vocabulary Quotes) No one realized that I needed eyeglasses until I was 12 years old. My parents were writers, so I was around the sounds of words and developed a vocabulary with my sense of hearing. I play guitar by ear. (Vocabulary Quotes)

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