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• Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means “to make firm.” So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.

  John C. Maxwell

  Mean, College, People

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.115, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Usually I try to be there by six. Everything has been taken off the walls so that there's nothing to arrest my sight. On the bed I have Roget's Thesaurus, a dictionary, a Bible, and a deck of playing cards.

  Toni Morrison

  Wall, Taken, Writing

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  ¿No te encanta el Diccionario Oxford? Cuando lo leí por primera vez, pensé que era un poema muy muy largo sobre todo.

  David Bowie

  Book, Reading, Oxford

  "Entrevista final de FMO con David Bowie". Entrevista con Johnnny, fmobserver.com. 4 de marzo de 2016.

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• The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way for me. And that's what a man is. Somebody that won't go out of his way for you. I bet it says that in the dictionary.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Men, Way, Faults

  Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “Pigs in Heaven”, p.289, Faber & Faber

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• Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in the dictionary. Know what it said?" "I bet you'll tell me." " 'If you're reading this, you are one.' " You're a riot.

  Brandon Mull

  Hurt, Book, Reading

  Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2009). “Grip of the Shadow Plague”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Si buscas la definición de grandeza en el diccionario, dirá Michael Jordan.

  Elgin Baylor

  Basketball, Greatness, Jordan

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• Ahora que puedo ver que es la ropa nueva de la reina Ahora que puedo escuchar toda tu prosa envenenada Ahora que puedo hablar con la lengua descongelada No estoy tan seguro de Santa o del hada de los dientes de dólar No hay palabras para mí dentro de tu diccionario.

  Andy Partridge

  Queens, Clothes, Teeth

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• La vida es nuestro diccionario.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Life Is

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1107, Delphi Classics

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• Lee hoy el diccionario de A a Izzard. Adquiere vocabulario. Repasa tu dicción. Comprueba si la sabiduría es sólo mucho lenguaje.

  Carl Sandburg

  Vocabulary, Diction, Today

  Carl Sandburg (2015). “Honey and Salt”, p.45, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word.

  Julio Cortázar

  Reality, Keys, Trying

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• Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.

  Julio Verne

  Simple, America, People

  Jules Verne (2015). “From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition”, p.20, Jules Verne

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• I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.

  Mae West

  Firsts, Made, First Time

  Goodness Had Nothing to DoWith It ch. 17 (1959)

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• A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

  Markus Zusak

  Love, Children, Leaving

  Markus Zusak (2016). “The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.31, Random House

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• I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

  Max Beerbohm

  Eye, Window To The Soul, Needs

  Max Beerbohm (2010). “Zuleika Dobson: An Oxford Love Story”, p.51, The Floating Press

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• Los niños, dice. Cuando son pequeños, se creen todo lo que les cuentas sobre el mundo. Como madre, eres el almanaque del mundo, la enciclopedia, el diccionario y la Biblia, todo junto. Pero cuando llegan a una edad mágica, es justo lo contrario. Después de eso, o eres un mentiroso o un tonto o un villano.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Madre, Mentirosos, Creer

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• Burns from dropped matches, Ms. Lane? Matches one might have dropped while flirting with a pernicious Fae, Ms. Lane? Have you any idea the value of this rug?” I didn’t think his nostrils could flare any wider. His eyes were black flame. “Pernicious? Good grief, is English your second language? Third?” Only someone who’d learned English from a dictionary would use such a word. “Fifth,” he snarled. “Answer me.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Grief, Eye, Flirting

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• La poesía de tu amigo es terrible -dijo. Clary parpadeó, momentáneamente sorprendida. "¿Qué? "He dicho que su poesía es terrible. Parece como si se hubiera comido un diccionario y hubiera empezado a vomitar palabras al azar.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sound, Vomiting, Caught

  Cassandra Clare (2009). "Muestra de las ciudades", p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• In the dictionary, next to the word stress, there is a picture of a midsize mutant stuck inside a dog crate, wondering if her destiny is to be killed or to save the world. Okay, not really. But there should be.

  James Patterson

  Dog, Stress, Destiny

  James Patterson (2005). “The Angel Experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel”, p.63, Hachette UK

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• En los momentos dolorosos, cuando la composición es imposible y la lectura no basta, las gramáticas y los diccionarios son excelentes para distraerse.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Tiempo, Dolor, Lectura

  "The Barretts at Hope End: the early diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning".

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• Luego hablan los idiotas....de Energía. Si hay una palabra en el diccionario bajo cualquier letra de la A a la Z que aborrezco, es energía. Es una superstición tan convencional, una jerigonza de loro. Qué demonios! .... Pero muéstrame una buena oportunidad, muéstrame algo por lo que realmente merezca la pena ser enérgico, y te mostraré energía.

  Charles Dickens

  Oportunidad, Energía, Doses

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• It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'

  Zig Ziglar

  Believe, Vocabulary, Might

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• That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year." "Why?" Isabelle said. "So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fun, Humor, Mean

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

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• We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

  Everett Dirksen

  Dollars, Becoming, Billions

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• I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

  Victor Hugo

  Tapas

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• If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.

  Val Kilmer

  Watches, Looks, News

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