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• The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time.

  Gertrude Atherton

  Blow, Weather, Two

  gertrude atherton (1916). “the conqueror”

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• Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.

  Valerie June

  Use, Way, Amalgamation

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• What seems to sell books is good word-of-mouth, not promotion tours. I'm too old to believe that media promotion of a book really matters. What matters is how it will look 100 years from now, not how many copies are sold.

  John Updike

  Believe, Book, What Matters

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• Because the Internets there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot of Fela Kuti videos, just to see how he performed. He inspired me a lot, actually, because he was a man of many words, many good words.

  King Krule

  Men, Video, Legends

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• There is all the poetry in the world in a name. It is a poem which the mass of men hear and read. What is poetry in the common sense, but a hearing of such jingling names? I want nothing better than a good word. The name of a thing may easily be more than the thing itself to me.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Names, Common Sense

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• It's no coincidence that good words make us feel good and that hurtful or angry words make us feel bad. There is a 100 percent correlation between the words we choose and how we feel.

  Sean Stephenson

  Feel Good, Hurtful, Coincidence

  Sean Stephenson (2009). “Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself”, p.57, John Wiley and Sons

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• I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.

  Chief Joseph

  Tired, Native American, Heart

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• Losing a family member, and her dying knowing she didn't have to die, that...is a scar that will last forever for the people remaining, and even with good actions and good words, that scar will never disappear. Ever.

  Kim Du-han

  Drama, Knowing, People

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• A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

  John Tillotson

  Relationship, People, Silence

  John Tillotson (1794). “The Beauties of Dr. John Tillotson, Carefullet Selected from His Works [and] Containing His Admirable System of Early Education, Thoughts on Religion, Atheism and Infidelity, the Immortality of the Soul, Etc: To which are Prefixed Some of His Arguments for the Truth and Belief of the Christian Religion”, p.195

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• There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.

  Twyla Tharp

  Stupid, Silly, Mean

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• If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.

  Aeschylus

  Men, Evil, Suffering

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• Good words cool more than cold water.

  John Ray

  Water, Cold, Cold Heart

  John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.175

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• She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her.

  John Podhoretz

  Beauty, Weakness, Needs

  "Stopping Hillary". Interview with Kathryn Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. May 9, 2006.

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• I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

  Brad Paisley

  Writing, Thinking, Trying

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

  Annie Lennox

  Perfectly Good, Feminism, Alternatives

  "Cosmo meets... Annie Lennox". Interview With Fiona Cowood, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 7, 2012.

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• Good words will not give me back my children.

  Chief Joseph

  Children, Giving, Give Me

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• It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

  Chief Joseph

  Broken Heart, Sick, Broken Promises

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• It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

  Mark Harmon

  People, Good Work, Easier

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• Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

  Charles Dickens

  Papa, Literature, Potatoes

  Little Dorrit bk. 2, ch. 5 (1857)

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• Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

  Francis Bacon

  Order, Speech, Speak

  Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.349

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• Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.

  Tom Peters

  Rap, Decision, Leader

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• There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.

  Stephen King

  Book, Writing, Play

  Stephen King (2017). “Hearts in Atlantis”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• The good word of the Lord with which we must nourish is the simple doctrine of the gospel. We need not fear either simplicity or repetition.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Simple, Simplicity, Doctrine

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• I learned to love the feel of good words.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Feels

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• Always" is a good word to believe in.

  Susan Abulhawa

  Believe

  Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.231, Bloomsbury Publishing

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