#words

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it. ↗

— Lotte Lehmann

#always #complete #feel #i #i feel

Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends. ↗

— Edward Levi

#builds #changing #claim #ends

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#attacks #away #conservatives #get #left

It's only words... unless they're true. ↗

— David Mamet

#true #unless #words

My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight. ↗

— Maya Lin

#convey #down #editing #goal #i

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#especially #expression #give #inspiration #singing

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#arts #combine #contend #embodies #especially

I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America. ↗

— Eric Liu

#arrogance #best #connotations #cover #fixed

You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like we depend on writers, we depend on producers, directors depend on us and once things are in the divine order as they happen. ↗

— Nia Long

#depend #directors #divine #happen #like

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#child #hard #hard words #heart #jacket