Martin Scorsese

Very often I've known people who wouldn't say a word to each other, but they'd go to see movies together and experience life that way.

American Director

Steve Jobs

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

American Businessman

Joel Osteen

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

American Clergyman

Ernest Hemingway

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.

American Novelist

Emily Dickinson

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

American Poet

Sophocles

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.

Greek Poet

Joyce Meyer

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

American Author

Robin Williams

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

American Comedian

Henry David Thoreau

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Aeschylus

Learning individual words helps you communicate clearly and understand others.

Vocabulary Building

Some words can have different meanings or be offensive in various cultures.

Cultural Sensitivity

Words can change meaning depending on the context they are used in.

Contextual Awareness

Asking for 'a word' can be a polite way to start a private or serious conversation.

Conversation Starter

Using 'a word' suggests brevity and respect for the listener's time.

Politeness Strategy

When someone gives their 'word', it is taken as a sign of trust and sincerity.

Trustworthiness

The strength of 'word as a promise' can impact a person's reputation.

Strength of Commitment

Getting 'a word' about events or situations keeps you informed and prepared.

Staying Informed

Be cautious, as 'word has it' can sometimes mean the information is unofficial or a rumor.

Rumor Awareness

When 'word' is used as a command, it often signals immediate action or attention.

Immediate Action

Using 'word' in this way can show someone is in a position of authority.

Authority Signal

Carefully wording your thoughts can prevent misunderstandings and aid clarity.

Clear Communication

Choosing the right words can accurately convey feelings and nuances.

Precision of Expression

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 These different interpretations create a sequence of words that is grammatically correct as it stands, though it helps to add in a few implied phrases and punctuation marks to reveal what's really going on. Buffalo buffalo are bison from the city of Buffalo, and this sentence has three groups of them.

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 have a burrow that goes in underwater and then up into uh clear air within the bank still and that's where they'd have their young and that would be their safety and their refuge because the water wasn't deep enough here they then made it deep enough in other words they come to an environment which

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 Metaphors give words a way to go beyond their own meaning. They're handles on the door of what we can know, and of what we can imagine. Each door leads to some new house, and some new world that only that one handle can open. What's amazing is

The art of the metaphor...

 these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery

Where do new words come...

 that the word is used in a band name magnet ours are so powerful that if you put one between the Earth and the moon just ask any friendly TED astrophysicist how to do that they'll be happy to help if if you did that it would destroy

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 And lest you think this is a bit far-fetched, confusing headlines like this appear all the time. Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence, which is usually helpful.

How misused modifiers...

 And it isn't so much that we're looking for another person, as much as we are looking for another self. Now, all over the world, there is one word that people who have affairs always tell me. They feel alive.

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 computer courage is just one of many words that describe this woman being the first woman in the room of all white men in a time when that was not popular

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 What is bipolar disorder? The word bipolar means two extremes. For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world,