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«It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns»
Author: Harold Pinter
(Playwright)
| Keywords:
conscientious, conscientious objector, objector, stick to
«In the past, we have had a strategy, but our agencies didn't stick to it. But they did make good commercials and they did win awards. This may surprise you, though. I don't care about awards; I want to sell product.»
«I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its paws»
«It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.»
Author: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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stick to
«I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.»
Author: John Wayne
(Actor)
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couch, Couched, couches, couching, for one thing, nuance, nuances, psychoanalyst, Psychoanalysts, scenes, stick to, themes
«Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
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Positive thinking
| Keywords:
stick, stick to
«Now, what I want is, facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!»
«Make fair agreements and stick to them»
«I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
adjective, adjectives, close together, creep, creep in, diffuse, diffused, diffuses, diffusing, fastened, flowery, fluff, fluffed, Modern English, plain language, Plain Words, sentences, Short words, simple language, stick to, stick together, verbosity, weaken, wordy
«Rust does not stick to those who burn their ego.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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stick to
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