"It's important to be precise about words, because……" — Michael Nesmith
"It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things."
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32 Quotes by Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith has 32 quotes on this site.
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If you really dig a chick, you should talk to her, not steal her picture.
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Now, DVD can represent more income than the box office-and typically does.
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The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure…
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The rock sitting on the shelf has potential because it can fall-it's the same way with the Internet. It has…
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Just because you can thrill a toddler by chewing with your mouth open doesn’t mean you should.
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Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not…
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I coined a word the other day, but I forgot what it was. It was a good one, it came…
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As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately…
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You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight…
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I don't quite know what a record is anymore. I don't quite know how to describe it. Don't know how…
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I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some…
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More Frame Quotes
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in…
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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal…
— Francis Bacon
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
— John Berger
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All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame…
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A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind…
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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
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For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to…
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Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place…
— Jeff Buckley
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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more…
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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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