Natalie Prass

When you're that age - that middle-school age, early high school - you're changing. You're going crazy. So I put all of my energy into pretending I was someone else, battling and screaming and all that stuff - casting spells and getting into a whole fantasy world. It was really healthy for me.

American Musician

Ralph Nader

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

American Lawyer

Brenda Lee

I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.

Jayne Mansfield

I don't really think I am the most beautiful woman in the world at all. If I can create some illusion to that effect - and it seems I have - then that is what spells success to me.

American Actress

Thomas McGuane

I'm certainly afraid of not being able to write for some reason. I guess I've had spells of not necessarily writer's block, but something like that. I find that pretty terrifying.

American Author

Aubrie Sellers

It's very important to me that every person takes away their own meaning from a song, and it's why I don't always love spelling out what a song is about for somebody.

Dave Sitek

I believe in the power of song. Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach, love is close by, and you are not alone!

Peter Kay

I never thought I'd write one book, let alone three. I'm absolutely delighted and every night, thank the good lord for spell check.

English Comedian

April Winchell

I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage.

Mike Pence

The most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D.

American Vice President

Be aware that spelling can vary between British and American English.

Spelling Variations

Some words sound the same but have different spells like 'flower' and 'flour'.

Homophones Alert

Spelling often helps to understand a word's pronunciation.

Pronunciation Clues

When spelling out abbreviations or acronyms, say each letter separately.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

This spell usage is informal and usually relates to everyday events or periods.

Informal Usage

Spell can invoke images of magic, often found in stories or legends.

Fantasy and Mythology

Sometimes 'spell' is used metaphorically to describe a strong attraction.

Figurative Language

Using 'spell' this way shows a cause-effect relationship between concepts.

Causal Connection

This use of 'spell' suggests foretelling a likely outcome based on the current situation.

Predictive Nuance

 and you want more. But then sometimes, slowly or suddenly, you don't. You've fallen out of love, become unaddicted, for a spell. What happened? Does one develop a tolerance or hit a limit? Why do some lovers stay addicted to each other their entire lives? Perhaps to create new lives, to proliferate their species?

What is love? - Brad...

 But is there a positive way to think about this? Yes, there is. I'd like to suggest that there are four really powerful cornerstones, foundations, that we can stand on if we want our speech to be powerful and to make change in the world. Fortunately, these things spell a word.

How to speak so that...

 shocks and stresses no where is the ability to build resilience as good as among the people living in the harshest environments in the world the semi-arid water scarce savannas in the world here climate is extremely variable droughts and dry spells being normality your

Resilient people,...

 Chances are the second description wasn't as vivid to you as the first. The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story. Fiction engages the senses, helps us create vivid mental simulacra

How to write descriptivel...

 to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.

The myth of Icarus and...

 But in spite of what most of us learn in school, sound is  never  the most important aspect of spelling an English word. A word's meaning and history need to come first. To doubt means to question, to waver, to hesitate.

Why is there a "b" in...

 Tens of millions of years ago, a force of nature set two giant masses on an unavoidable collision course that would change the face of the Earth and spell life or death for thousands of species.

What happens when...

 has just met his father for the first time soon the harsh winter makes it especially difficult for this mother to protect her kittens during a cold spell

Cameras Reveal the...

 their spell over people it's hard to imagine a countryside without them yet their greatest challenge is still to come in this fast changing world

Eagle Owl Invasion PIPE...

 Yeah. So I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.