Quotes with word-coining

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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Alan K. Simpson The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.
    Alan K. Simpson
    American politician (1931 - )
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Brenda Lee The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs.
    Brenda Lee
    American singer (1944 - )
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  • Charles Dickens The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Bethany Kennedy Scanlon The word of God is God, and therefore has to be revealed to you by God. When God's Holy Spirit reveals to you the meaning of His word, then you will recognize the truth of His word.
    Source: Born of the Spirit
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer The word of man is the most durable of all material.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Blu Cantrell The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
    Blu Cantrell
     
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  • Dave Barry The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
    Dave Barry
    American humorist, writer
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  • Henry Miller The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Betty Buckley The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.
    Betty Buckley
    American actress and singer (1947 - )
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  • Virginia Woolf The word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.... The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep was a black one. Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a d
    Source: Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Md., 18 April 1864
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bjornstjerne Bjornson The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be.
    Bjornstjerne Bjornson
    Norwegian writer (1832 - 1910)
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  • Brett Hull There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word.
    Brett Hull
    Canadian-born American former ice hockey player (1964 - )
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  • Woodrow Wilson There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Baltasar Gracián There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • S. Maxwell Coder There is no doubt that God has often brought a certain verse to the attention of one of His children in an unusual and almost miraculous manner, for a special need, but the Word was never intended to be consulted in a superstitious manner.
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  • Douglas Adams There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Ben Kingsley There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word.
    Ben Kingsley
    English actor (1943 - )
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