#words

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. ↗

— George Washington

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So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first three words of our constitution: We the people. I love that phrase so much. Throughout our country's history, we've expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. That's what it means to move forward. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#could #country #democracy #expanded #first

I have to chose my words carefully. ↗

— Bubba Watson

#chose #i #words

To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise unreservedly. ↗

— James D. Watson

#apologise #continent #drawn #genetically #i

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. ↗

— Alan Watts

#becomes #certain #clings #faith #fanatic

I put the words down and push them a bit. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#down #i #push #put #them

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#die #forgets #names #needs #vocabulary

There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them. ↗

— Peter Weir

#any #arrived #banal #become #case

Since the global economic crisis began, the change in global attitudes is clear to see - and I think it is pitiful. Barack Obama came to China and he is probably the only president of the United States never to mention the words 'human rights' in public. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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