Do not accustom yourself
to use big words for little
matters.
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-Samuel Johnson
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- I like words, images, graphic design, well-turned phrases, doodling, humor and profundity. These are found in every quarter and I'm always on the hunt. I was rescued (in November, 1974) from guilt and a stubborn irrational belief in an impersonal chance universe (with the accompanying hopelessness). I'm now convinced that nothing is more obvious or worthy of our attention than our Creator and the one true ancient path. Only Jesus has the words of everlasting life. Like John Newton "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see."
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6 comments:
Ha! Perfect photo accompaniment for the caption. Whoops! That word was so big I'm not even sure how to spell it....
While Dame was posting I was listening to this teacher/author of 40 years in the inner city schools of Balt on T.V.-Johnathan Kogol I think and he was really interesting because he still remembers what it is like to be a little child and remembers what is important and a part of his talk had to do with getting rid of your big words in the classroom: not proficiency, skill not utilize, use not initiate, start--it was really interesting but the not using of big words was a tiny part of his speech. I actually remember a teacher telling us this in junior high and I have mentioned it to my kids along the way.
Kibbe, instead of accompaniment you might want to use match-in other words, take off your big hat!
anybody recognize the guy under the hat?
I think the same holds true with big sentences. Ahem. ...Mom. ; )
It's John Belushi, right?
andy kaufman
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