The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
Pat Conroy
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When I've had enough of words, I go out into the city for a long walk; sometimes I'll go out walking for several miles. And I'll just take photographs and hope for something striking or unusual to happen that I can organize into a picture frame.
Teju Cole
HopeWalkWordsCityWalkingEnough
One of the things that distinguishes poetry from ordinary speech is that in a very few number of words, poetry captures some kind of deep feeling, and rhythm is the way to get there. Rhythm is the way the poetry carries itself.
Edward Hirsch
WordsPoetryDeepSpeechFeeling
Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
Gary Bettman
WordsPeopleMeWayPrecisionLevel
I love... What's gratifying to me is when you make/create a character and a human being, a person who lives entirely and who has their own existence, just merely from the words on a page.
Jake Busey
LoveCharacterWordsMeYouPerson
I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
P. J. Harvey
LoveLiveHopeQualityWordsWar
Xi has made plain that he will no longer tolerate hearing the words 'human rights' spoken out loud in the same sentence with the word 'China.'
Terry Glavin
WordsWillHumanHearingOutChina
Billions of people around the globe had come to know Barack Obama, had heard his words, had watched his speeches, and, in some unknowable but irreducible way, had come to see the world as a place that could - in some incremental way - change.
Ben Rhodes
ChangeWordsPeopleWorldPlaceWay
I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
Gary Vaynerchuk
LoveWordsPaintingPicturesTell
I have one rule when adapting any text: nothing gets added; all the words are the original author's own. But in the ordering and recreation of the story, I can do as I please, and to me, the heart and the point of 'Dracula' is appetite.
Kathe Koja
HeartWordsMeStoryI CanNothing
My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith.
Olivier Messiaen
LifeGodFaithWordsMy LifeDrama
For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.
Sarah Palin
WordsInspireInspiredDeedsGifted
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
Benjamin Franklin
WordsManMeaningWitMayShow
You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'
Gail Collins
MyselfWordsCollegeMeFriendsYou
I guess I talk about her because I'm interested; I'm listening. Taylor Swift's words are so valuable to so many young people, not just her #GirlSquad.
Katherine Ryan
WordsPeopleListeningYoungTalk
Everything that we say has consequences. I mean, words matter.
Omarosa Manigault Newman
WordsConsequencesSayMatterMean
I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
Ted Nugent
FatherWordsWiseClearlyAnything
I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.
bell hooks
LifeStyleServiceWordsCreated
If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.
Garet Garrett
GreatWordsGovernmentNameBank
The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.
George Clinton
WordsManMeTalkingOld ManOld
The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words.
Octavio Paz
WaterWordsWorthMoreSoundThan
Poetry: the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
BestWordsPoetryOrder
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
Wendell Johnson
WordsRememberYouNeverTwoAlways
I've never been into the typical R&B voice, with runs and bluesy sounding words. That doesn't suit me.
FKA twigs
WordsMeVoiceNeverSuitBeen
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