I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
People want to evolve the idea of the word "mini-series." Mini-series has an '80s connotation to it. — Bridget Carpenter Copy Share Image
Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde. — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
“A life well-lived or a life lived well? The placement of words really does change the connotation.” — Carol Morgan Copy Share Image
I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side. — Alexander Wang Copy Share Image
The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird. — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing. — David Wright Copy Share Image
You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
To each individual the world will take on a different connotation of meaning-the important lies in the desire to search for an… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Writing is more than just the making of a series of comprehensible statements: it is the gathering in of connotations; the harvesting… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Propaganda has a negative connotation, which it partially deserves, but I think there is some propaganda that is very positive. I feel… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
A lot of YouTubers, because they have such pride in what they do, have a negative connotation towards television. I don't feel… — Grace Helbig Copy Share Image
As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I'm so not interested in gossip. It just gives me the creeps. I love the work; I love what I do. If… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
At birth we begin to discover that shapes, sounds, lights, and textures have meaning. Long before we learn to talk, sounds and… — Nancy Newhall Copy Share Image
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen...It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid...It's a strong… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the… — Joseph Cornell Copy Share Image
I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it immediately has a negative connotation in my… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto… — Guillermo Gomez-Pena Copy Share Image
I believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law. I see no reason why if the marriage contract conveys certain… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
a connotation of infinity sharpens the temporal splendor of this night when souls which have forgot frivolity in lowliness,noting the fatal flight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
Let’s begin with capitalism, a word that has gone largely out of fashion. The approved reference now is to the market system.… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“It is characteristic of poetic language that it gives us not simply the denotation of a word, but a whole cluster of… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Interesting, isn't it, that even though more than two and a half decades have passed since the sexual revolution brought women a… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
But although in theory physicists realize that their conclusions are ... not certainly true, this ... does not really sink into their… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
You and I might define a 'soul mate' differently. For most people, a soul mate has some kind of sexual connotation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative… — Laura Kightlinger Copy Share Image
I wouldn't go so far as to say I am a feminist, that can come off as a negative connotation. But I… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
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