#word

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word. ↗

— Eric Gill

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To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

#admires #exceeding #fire #heaven #human

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say. ↗

— Ellen Glasgow

#dry #fire #haven #i #much

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#education #emotional #hope #in other words #including

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism. ↗

— Gilbert Gottfried

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I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#businesswoman #committed #description #i #like

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#becomes #citizens #common #country #dead

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. ↗

— Graham Greene

#another #heresy #thought #word

Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it." ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#i #now #she #tombstone #tried