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• When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Writing, School, Bridges

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• If a life can have a 'theme-song' - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is [best] expressed in one word: Individualism.

  Ayn Rand

  Song, Believe, Individualism

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• There's one word that exists in every language on the face of the Earth and in every society since man began to speak. And the word is truth. And in every language it means exactly the same thing. Truth is . . . what you get other people to believe.

  Tommy Smothers

  Believe, Mean, Men

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• It is by no means enough that an officer should be capable. . . . He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. . . . No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.

  John Paul Jones

  Mean, Gentleman, Honor

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• Communicators need to figure out how well do they engage people, and they should not talk one word longer than people are engaged.

  Andy Stanley

  People, Needs, Figures

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• I believe that you can change a life with just one word.

  Onew

  Believe, I Believe, Just One

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• We now come to the grand law of the system in which we are placed, as it has been developed by the experience of our race, and that, in one word, is SACRIFICE!

  Catharine Beecher

  Sacrifice, Race, Law

  Catharine Esther Beecher (1857). “Common Sense Applied to Religion: Or, The Bible and the People”, p.36

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• Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she insisted on a one word answer. He had a speech prepared that would have gone on for several hours. But when forced to boil it down to one word, he said that was "rational". You know, he comes equipped for rationality, and he applies it in business. He doesn't always apply it elsewhere, but he applies it in business and that has made him a huge business success.

  Warren Buffett

  Business Success, Next, Gone

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• If only one word is to be used to describe what Baupost does, that word should be: 'Mispricing'. We look for mispricing due to over-reaction.

  Seth Klarman

  Looks, Investing, Doe

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• Mercy. That is the gospel. The whole of it in one word.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Mercy, Whole

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• Looking back at my career, if there's one word that most people use to describe me, it's intense.

  Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

  Careers, People, Use

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The language of the culture also reflects the stories of the culture. One word or simple phrasal labels often describe the story adequately enough in what we have termed culturally common stories. To some extent, the stories of a culture are observable by inspecting the vocabulary of that culture. Often entire stories are embodied in one very culture-specific word. The story words unique to a culture reveal cultural differences.

  Roger Schank

  Unique, Simple, Vocabulary

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• The kingdom of God is a society of the best of men, working for the best ends, according to the best methods. It's law is one word - Loyalty; It's gospel one message - Love. If you know anything better, live for it; if not, in the name of God and of humanity, carry out Christ's plan

  Henry Drummond

  Loyalty, Men, Law

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• In Greek, we do not use just one word for love. We have many words that are specific to each type of love.

  Yanni

  Greek, Use, Type

  "Yanni: A Global Inspiration". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• I always tell people happiness comes in one word: progress. I don't care what you achieve.

  Tony Robbins

  People, Progress, Care

  Source: ca.complex.com

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• I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.

  Tyler Hoechlin

  Baseball, College, Play

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old Vic in London and we were at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and I walked on stage and I've got an opening speech that begins: "Agamemnon, how if he had boils?" And I went on and said: "Agamemnon..." And a woman in the front row just went 'tut'. I thought: "I've only done four syllables, give us a chance!" I got one word out and the audience were already tutting. It was worse than any heckle I ever had doing comedy. So, I'll stick to gnomes.

  Matt Lucas

  Running, Giving, Theatre

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• A one-word book does appeal to me.

  Kode9

  Book, Doe, Appeals

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

  Luis Negron

  Writing, Ideas, Mind

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Lines, Way, Next

  Source: therumpus.net

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• What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words are biblical, one word is Russian, and one word is Yiddish. This kind of connection between very high language and very low language is very natural, people use it all the time.

  Etgar Keret

  Biblical, People, Typical

  "Etgar Keret: We Can Try to Be Human". Interview with Meakin Armstrong, www.guernicamag.com. August 17, 2015.

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• If someone says 'Give me one word of advice,' I say 'be fearless.' And knowing without any shadow of a doubt that what they have to give - who they are - is totally unique and not shared by anybody else. And to believe in that uniqueness. It took me decades before I developed courage as an actor.

  Patrick Stewart

  Believe, Unique, Knowing

  "A Candid Conversation with Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart". Interview with David Gordon, www.theatermania.com. November 19, 2013.

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• When you have a full page of well-written dialogue that has a thought process to it, it is pretty easy to memorize. It's a lot easier to memorize than if you're in a scene and other people are talking, and you have maybe one word or one sentence that you have to interject at the right time and in a natural way.

  Sandra Bullock

  Talking, People, Pages

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• There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

  Bruce Jenner

  Born, Said, Activist

  Glamour Women of the Year 2015 Award Acceptance Speech, www.glamour.com. November 9, 2015.

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• It is a great advantage for any man to be able to talk or hear, neither ignorantly nor absurdly, upon any subject; for I have known people, who have not said one word, hear ignorantly and absurdly; it has appeared by their inattentive and unmeaning faces.

  Doug Stanhope

  Men, Talking, People

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