"Fact is richer than diction." — J L Austin

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This quote is filed under Diction Quotes, one of 26 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can… — Edward McKendree Bounds
• But Michael Jackson didn't have perfect diction - He said 'chamone' instead of 'come on'. — will.i.am
• With impeccable timing and a fine instinct for the telling detail, Francesca Abbate evokes the plenitudes and the deprivations of… — Unknown Author
• I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large… — James Agee
• Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves… — Samuel Johnson
• Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration… — Arthur Wallis
• The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different… — Donna Tartt
• The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak… — Chance the Rapper
• This is form and content and diction and tone and imagination all looking up at the exact same moment: When… — Stephen Graham Jones
• There is an inimitable grace in Virgil's words, and in them principally consists that beauty which gives so inexpressible a… — John Dryden
• English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French… — Vivien Leigh
• You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. — Paul Robeson

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