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We need words to contain us, to define ourselves.
I think a lot of us feel boxed in by how we use these words.
We forget that words are made up.
It's not just my words.
All words are made up, but not all of them mean something.
We're all just sort of trapped in our own lexicons that don't necessarily correlate with people who aren't already like us, and so I think I feel us drifting apart a little more every year, the more seriously we take words.
Because remember, words are not real.
In other words, what's so powerful about our approach is that it could turn on people's existing desire to do good, in this case, to help to prevent a blackout.
In other words, there's lots of excuses.
There are certain words that there should be some social sanction against, but some of it was used to enforce a political agenda.
In other words: How can a government create fair policies if they can't measure current levels of unfairness?
You can ignore those words; they're used by people trying to say they're smart while pretending they're humble.
I don't remember the words that she chose to describe genocide to her 10-year-old daughter, but I remember the feeling.
Her words took me back to the days and nights on the ground in Darfur, where we were forced to remain silent; where we didn't speak over morning tea because the warplanes overhead would swallow any and all noise; back to the days when we were told not only that we don't deserve to be heard but that we do not have a right to exist.
In other words, the black hole casts a shadow on this backdrop of bright material, carving out a sphere of darkness.
But in the famous words of Mick Jagger, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need."
In other words, as the disco ball spins, those mirrors change locations and we get to observe different parts of the image.
In other words, we want to leave the option open for there being a giant elephant at the center of our galaxy.
She'd actually use those words with clients.
In her own words, she was practically giving her services away.
It allows us to look within this database and see how Americans have seen words paired together as they grow up in their society.
When "white" occurs, the frequently co-occurring words are "wealthy," "progressive," "conventional," "stubborn," "successful," "educated."
So, good words to go by.
And it was also the beginning of our discontent, because if you wanted to distill all of our experience since the Paleolithic, it would come down to two words: how and why.
I first heard these words when I was just six years old, and I was completely inspired.
And those dreams, those words, they took me on a journey, a journey of discovery, through school, through university, to do a PhD and finally to become a professional astronomer.
Palchinsky, on the other hand, implored engineers to look at the economic, political and social consequences of their actions; in other words, be more public-focused.
In other words, anyone can be a hero.
This, like, tantalizing possibility that you could convince someone of your point of view, just with the power of your words.
Ivan has autism, he doesn't speak, and he communicates through an iPad, where his whole universe of words exists in images.
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