Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Use the right word, not its second cousin."
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Right Words
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"There is no calamity that right words will not begin to redress"
Neil Gaiman
Author
"Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down."
Edward Abbey
Author, Environmentalist
"One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word."
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"But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned."
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