Connotation Quotes

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I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to keep it that… — Luke Bryan
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage,… — Tony Campolo
Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of the church in… — Rajneesh
Religion in the West has a very wrong connotation. It has almost reached to a point where the very word 'religion' creates a repulsion, where… — Rajneesh
I wouldn't go so far as to say I am a feminist, that can come off as a negative connotation. But I am a strong… — Carrie Underwood
I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another reincarnation might possibly… — William O. Douglas
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity… — David Hurn
My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to… — Ani DiFranco
Diva has a negative connotation. — Glenn Close
Growing up is something that you do your whole life. I want to always feel that I can be a kid if I want. Growing… — Robert Downey, Jr.
There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic and mystical connotations; C.S. Lewis… — Julian Barnes
Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
I don't like the label 'plus-size' -- I call it 'fiercely real.' On 'Top Model,' we call it fiercely real. I don't want to use… — Tyra Banks
I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about, primarily… — Barack Obama
The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans become indistinguishable),… — Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Many of us reject all of the inferior meanings and connotations that others project onto femininity - that it is weak, artificial, frivolous, demure, and… — Julia Serano
Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the… — Banksy
I call myself a feminist when people ask me if I am, and of course I am 'cause it's about equality, so I hope everyone… — Ellen Page
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 name, very universal… — Freddie Mercury
The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological… — Ray Kurzweil

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