Diction famous quotes

Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
-- Arthur Wallis

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Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.
-- Djimon Hounsou

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However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction.
-- J. L. Austin

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Fact is richer than diction.
-- J. L. Austin

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I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.
-- James Agee

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There is an inimitable grace in Virgil's words, and in them principally consists that beauty which gives so inexpressible a pleasure to him who best understands their force. This diction of his, I must once again say, is never to be copied; and since it cannot, he will appear but lame in the best translation.
-- John Dryden

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Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.
-- John Rhys-Davies

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The Press nowadays is not a literary press; classic diction and brilliancy of style do not distinguish it by any means.
-- Marie Corelli

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[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.
-- Mary Russell Mitford

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You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.
-- Paul Robeson

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Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter.
-- Peter De Vries

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You don't want a diction gathered from the newspapers, caught from the air, common and unsuggestive; but you want one whose every word is full-freighted with suggestion and association, with beauty and power.
-- Rufus Choate

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This is form and content and diction and tone and imagination all looking up at the exact same moment: When Molly Tanzer claps once at the front of the classroom.
-- Stephen Graham Jones

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But Michael Jackson didn't have perfect diction - He said 'chamone' instead of 'come on'.
-- will.i.am

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I like to try and mix diction and experiences.
-- George Ezra

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Despite my lovely diction I am going to die.
-- Lynn Emanuel

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In conducting interviews, my fascination is not only with the content of the conversation, but also the overall delivery of spoken language - so much of one's personality and story is embedded within their speech, their rhythms, the structure of their thoughts, their use of particular diction or dialect.
-- Steve Cosson

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