Deborah Moggach

Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don't panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue.

English Writer

Charles R. Swindoll

While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered.

American Clergyman

Channing Tatum

But I stuttered as a kid. I went to classes to help it, and it just went away around fourth grade, when I became more aware of how others spoke, I think. But also, growing up in the South, a mumble is a way of speaking.

American Actor

Lena Dunham

I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world, but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long, stuttering period of moving out.

American Actress

Laurie Anderson

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

American Musician

Frank Wolf

I have been a lifelong stutterer, and when I was young, I experienced some very difficult times.

American Politician

Joe Biden

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it's funny. And it's not funny. It's not.

American President

Zach Ertz

I had a stutter when I was a young. I went to speech therapy.

American Athlete

Emily Blunt

It's nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter.

British Actress

Bill Walton

The verb 'stutter' often indicates nervousness or anxiety in a person.

Emotional Indicator

'Stutter' can be used to describe speech during surprising or unplanned situations.

Unexpected Events

Stuttering emphasizes the struggle of getting words out, making the speech sound broken.

Repetition Emphasis

A stutter as a noun refers to a chronic condition, not just a momentary speech issue.

Speech Disorder

Stuttering can cause frustration or embarrassment, affecting self-esteem.

Emotional Impact

Stuttering is something people work on over time and can improve with practice.

Overcoming Challenges

In technical contexts, 'stutter' usually indicates a malfunction or inconsistency.

Mechanical Issues

Sometimes, mechanical stuttering is intentional, like in a system's testing phase.

Not Always Negative

Be careful when using 'stutter' metaphorically; ensure the context is clear.

Caution with Metaphors

 So imagine you're driving down the highway on a beautiful, sunny day out running errands. You've got your music cranked, your windows rolled down, with the cool breeze blowing through your hair. Feels nice, right? Everything is going smoothly until suddenly your car stutters and stalls

Let's clean up the space...

 for a problem that has haunted humanity for snoring. It might seem harmless, but snoring can be a sign of something more dangerous. So, what exactly causes snoring? And when does it become a problem? A snore’s quality can range from a gentle mew to a stuttering chainsaw—

Why do some people snore...

 I just could not do it. Every single time, it would take me back to my childhood, when I had a much harder time speaking. I've stuttered for as long as I can remember. I was the kid in class who would never raise his hand when he had a question -- or knew the answer.

Why I keep speaking up,...

 us that everything the light touches is our kingdom but as a young boy his in a lion couldn't draw this is what we call functional mutism to have a stutter like a broken record so he vowed never to speak again what eyes the three of us together is not our

Using poetry as a way to...

 Like starlight, which can convey images of the way the Universe looked in the distant past, so multispectral light can take us back to the first stuttering moments of an object's creation. Through this lens, we witness the mistakes, the changes of mind,

How I'm discovering the...

 But I still stuttered but I could, I could express myself, there was no expectation, no judging, no speed-up, slow-down, no calm down or finishing words for me, or anything like that. So, I could-- they became my life, they became my friends.

For the Love of Jaguars...

 I was a stutterer. Do you dare raise your hand? And it sticks with us. It really does stick with us, because when we are treated that way, we feel invisible sometimes, or talked around and at.

Kare Anderson: Be an...

 even someone like me who had this little stuttering issue, so if it happens, bear with me please, even someone like me could become a broadcaster. And that sounded revolutionary in my mind.

Bruno Torturra: Got a...

 I wasn't like all the rest of the kids people will just pick on me just for being me this gets weird he stutters kind of each probably like a or something I'm

Meet a Competitive...

 inextricably linked through this one thing. And the thing is that I have a stutter. It might seem curious given that I spend a lot of my life on the stage.

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Unexpected Events

Repetition Emphasis

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