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• A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.

  David Hume

  Liberty, Revolution, Lines

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• There's precious little to say between day and dark,
  Perhaps a few words on the implacable will
  Of time sailing like a magic barque
  Or something as fine for the amenities.

  Allen Tate

  Twilight, Dark, Sailing

  Allen Tate (2014). “Collected Poems, 1919-1976”, p.43, Macmillan

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• On a few words of what is real in the world
  I nourish myself. I defend myself against
  Whatever remains.

  Wallace Stevens

  Real, World, Existence

  Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens”, p.308, Vintage

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• My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Divinity, Movement, Mankind

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.9, Advaita Ashrama

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• Of how many women might the history be comprised in those few words - 'she lived, suffered, and was buried'!

  Anna Brownell Jameson

  Women, Might, Buried

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• Suggestions? Put it aside for a few days, or longer, do other things, try not to think about it. Then sit down and read it (printouts are best I find, but that's just me) as if you've never seen it before. Start at the beginning. Scribble on the manuscript as you go if you see anything you want to change. And often, when you get to the end you'll be both enthusiastic about it and know what the next few words are. And you do it all one word at a time.

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Thinking, Trying

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• Lead us in a few words of silent prayer.

  Bill Peterson

  Prayer, Silent, Silent Prayer

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• It is often too easy to explain a novel idea to a few enlightened persons with a few words. But to enlighten about the same to many people, too many words are often required

  Anuj

  Ideas, People, Enlightening

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• A few words about the question of whether photography is art or not: I never understood the question.

  Ernst Haas

  Photography, Art, Photographer

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• A wide range of quotations are necessary for the repertoire of a well-rounded speaker. Quotations are able to illustrate in a few words what is difficult to explain in many.

  Carolyn Warner

  Able, Range, Difficult

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• How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a cold spirit of criticism in the church that they dare not do it.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Prayer, People, Criticism

  Dwight L Moody (2013). “Secret Power”, p.17, Lulu Press, Inc

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• I'm a facist about spoilers. I'm the biggest pain in the ass to the marketing and promotions department. If I had my way, the commercials would be 30 seconds of black with a few words on them.

  Brian Austin Green

  Pain, Black, Marketing

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Odd words floated back to them over the hundreds of heads. "Nobility of spirit"..."intellectual contribution"..."greatness of heart"...It did not mean very much. It had little to do with Dumbledore as Harry had known him. He suddenly remembered Dumbledore's idea of a few words, "nitwit," "oddment," "blubber," and "tweak," and again had to suppress a grin.

  J. K. Rowling

  Heart, Mean, Greatness

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• I realize that labels are placed upon an individual to simplify him or her, but it is impossible to capture the essence of an individual by a few words.

  Joanna Lohman

  Essence, Labels, Impossible

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• My family didn't go to church. Once when I slept over at the house of a friend, her parents brought me to Sunday school with her. I was given this little pamphlet of tiny poems about the natural world, about butterflies and sunsets. My 7-year-old self was so astounded by how these few words were creating pictures and feelings in me.

  Cheryl Strayed

  School, Sunset, Butterfly

  Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. March 2, 2013.

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• If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were only empty sounds, and just as easy to utter as they were of little use.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Sound, Use, Littles

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• Sometimes music comes across to me just when I am sitting around doing nothing, and then the music makes me think of a few words I might have written.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Thinking, Sitting, Might

  Jimi Hendrix (2013). “Starting At Zero: His Own Story”, p.76, A&C Black

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• Read as few words as you like, and speak fewer, but act upon the law.

  Gautama Buddha

  Law, Speak, Fewer

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• The religion of the short poem, in every age and in every literature, has a single commandment: Less is always more. The short poem rejects preamble and summary. It's about all and everything, the metaphysics of a few words surrounded by much silence. …The short poem is a match flaring up in a dark universe.

  Charles Simic

  Dark, Silence, Age

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• I'd like to say a few words about one of the most popular concepts in the modern education--show and tell. Show and Tell is a device created by grammar schools to communicate family secrets to 32 other families before 9:15 am in the morning.

  Robert Orben

  Education, Morning, Teaching

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• First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones are taken. Thin Thighs in 30 Days, for example. Also The Bible.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Book, Taken

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.11, Ballantine Books

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• Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.

  Charles Simmons

  Life, Men, Noble

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• I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?

  Dale Carnegie

  Encouraging, Looks, Praise

  Dale Carnegie (1982). “How To Win Friends And Influence People”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

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• It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Christian, Sweet, Prayer

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his utmost, in self defence, as if a famine were expected to set in before breakfast-time to-morrow morning, and it had become high time to assert the first law of nature.

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Morning, Food

  Charles Dickens (2006). “Martin Chuzzlewit: Easyread Edition”, p.423, ReadHowYouWant.com

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