Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk?
John McWhorter
Related One girl was helped from my appearance on the show, and I swore I would not keep quiet again. When y... HUNTER TYLO I hate people who talk about themselves, as you do, when one wants to talk about oneself, as I do. OSCAR WILDE I wouldn't let anyone talk about it. It's one of those things you never want to talk about. MARY ALM When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. WALTER LIPPMANN What do you care if people talk? Those who talk cannot harm you. Why should you be worried? You shou... CHRISTINE DE PIZAN When you're in Washington and voting, you don't have the one-on-one interaction with your constituen... JOHN ASHBROOK once you become a cheat its hard to stop but when you found that one person that means the most to y... STACEY EVANS You give someone one of those ultra scary things, and they kind of think again about what they're do... MIKE HOLBROOK I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period. STEVE MARTIN For years, no one talked about it. That's something you never wanted to talk about again, certainly ... BECKY GARLAND When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get toget... PABLO PICASSO No texting. What happens then? Good old-fashioned letters. LORENE SCAFARIA If I die, I will wait for you, do you understand? No matter how long. I will watch from beyond to ma... JEANIENE FROST When did Jimmy Stewart not play Jimmy Stewart? When did John Wayne not play John Wayne? But that'... JOHN MELLENCAMP That's one thing we talk about, talk about, and talk about -- keeping your composure. Especially in ... DAVID HARRIS One thing I noticed about Rex is he's good at going through his progression and then coming back to ... BRENSTON BUCKNER It's hard to talk about whether there is a problem or not when the people who receive (the national ... ALICE KNAPP There was no language that required or forced mergers in those counties, but clearly if funding were... ADAM LEVINSON When you talk about the active duty forces and defense finance jobs, that's gone very well for Ohio.... DAVE HOBSON Those who always say bad things about someone else, they indirectly influencing you to hate that per... GOLDEN MASHEGO If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you, it is certainly h... OSCAR WILDE When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National Leagu... PAT GILLICK There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when... JEAN ANOUILH Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when... JEAN ANOUILH You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about wh... JAMES PATTERSON If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer is no. When you love some... JANICE MARKOWITZ I think it’s beautiful the way you sparkle when you talk about the things you lov... ATTICUS POETRY Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that.... KID ROCK Sometimes, there aren't any good choices. Sometimes, making the right one is hard... It's funny, but... JENNIFER LYNN BARNES When I first heard about it, I said, 'Oh no, not again.' The Kennedy family ... you talk about star-... TOM HARKIN As you get older, you think about things differently from when you do in your twenties, when you thi... DAVID LACHAPELLE The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focus... STEVE JOBS You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human ... HELEN FISHER One of the most interesting parts of writing is that you can think about it all of the time. Writers... EDGARDO H. PANGILINAN When you talk about cutting prescription costs, many people think automatically about buying drugs f... MARIA BAIN You just try to go about your daily routines. But I look at it, I don't know how to say this ... It'... CHAD LAVALAIS Faith is not about logic, or proof, or solid evidence. It's about being able to believe in something... DOUG SHOEMAKER (DEC. 27 Son, when you participate in sporting events, its not whether you win or loose, its how drunk you ge... DAN CASTELLANETA It's rare to see both those qualities in one individual, ... She was strategic and a big thinker, bu... DAVID MILLER In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to t... C.S. LEWIS In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to t... GILLIAN ANDERSON In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to th... C.S. LEWIS One either cares what others think about him, or cares what others think he thinks about them. If yo... CRISS JAMI 134. Letters are Commonplace Letters are commonplace enough, yet what splendid things they ar... SEI SHōNAGON Didn’t we just talk about this the other night?” Denise sighed with exasperation. “Yeah, we ta... NICHOLAS SPARKS Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of ... JOSEPH BRUCHAC When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your produc... LAURA BELL BUNDY "What's more important when you write. Word structure and punctuation or hoping the reader stops and... TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital. SIMON COWELL It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always... ROBERT M. PIRSIG One of the things I wanted to say to all you guys is that when you talk to the team owners about thi... BRIAN FRANCE You think 'here we go again' but at the same time, you've got to realize people's lives are more imp... LUKE JOHNSON A sister is the one person you can call in the middle of the night when you can't sleep or the o... DEBORAH TANNEN This will make the driver think twice when he thinks about drinking or anything. You know he'll see ... CHARLES WILLIAMS My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His vie... CLARENCE THOMAS When we start losing grip on the situation we become hyper vigilant about how people perceive us. In... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA [When asked if he] remembered someone called Courtney ... Yes, I do remember someone called Courtney... STEVE COOGAN The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times h... BERTRAND RUSSELL When you think about what they have to deal with, and the discussions they need to have in treatment... GEORGIA CUMMING The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose yo... HARVEY FIERSTEIN I'm not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good ... STEPHEN KING When I talk about sad things, I talk about sad things. ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU Be cautious about avalanches. Just when you think you really know them you get caught in one. LARRY WOOLSEY Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it ge... JOSEPH CAMPBELL One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. BOB MARLEY We talk about prevention, and healthy living. (But) how are you supposed to do that on your own if n... JUDY CUTLER This is a very moving and emotional experience. It is one you can't talk about or describe. You have... ANDI MELENDEZ Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you... BOB COUSY We'll see. I think it's just one of those things where you shake your head about it in disbelief. LINDSAY DAVENPORT That is one consolation when you are poorthere are so many more things you can imagine about. L. M. MONTGOMERY One of the strange things about grief is the way it ambushes you when you least expect it. J.P. DELANEY War is not about victory or defeat. It is about the total failure of human spirit. When you see the ... ROBERT FISK No one person knows much more about writing than another. I expect that when people think they know ... WILLA SIBERT CATHER No one Respect you in your real Life
But they Do when you Die DR. ARUN S SON I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I... RAINBOW ROWELL When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing st... NATALIE GOLDBERG When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter five years from now? If... CATHERINE PULSIFER This is about unity in capital letters -- U-N-I-T-Y, DONNIE MCCLURKIN You're born alone and you die alone. No one can help you and no one can stop those things..everyman ... JOEL MADDEN That's one of the fun things about collecting: when you find that jewel. EDWARD PULLEN The thing about having one really good friend, one person you talk to all the time about everything,... AMANDA MACIEL One of the popular misconceptions about us is that we sing mediaeval music, but in actual fact the m... KATHARINE BLAKE When we came into camp we had about 11 guys at the position, ... Then we had about four or five guys... HAROLD JACKSON One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain BOB MARLEY Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called ... ELLEN DEGENERES And then," Darren continues dizzily, "when we've come, I'll keep you open with my fingers, keep you ... DOMINIQUE FROST But whose problem is it when you make people talk about you?" "Theirs. YIYUN LI People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to ... EDDIE HUANG When you are older, you realize that no one was every thinking about you at all. BRIAN TRACY Where all think alike, no one thinks very much WALTER LIPPMANN But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again... URSULA K. LE GUIN The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times h... BERTRAND RUSSELL The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times h... BERTRAND RUSSELL When you do know something about the reality of the world that those who stand in ignorance do not k... BETTY POWELL We're about out of industrial property at the interstate. It's one of those things when you're looki... ALLEN NEWTON You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building... AASIF MANDVI It's very safe in the academic community; no one thinks anything of it. But to some extent there's m... ELAYNE RAPPING When you reduce the modulus of one structure, you often put a burden on other structures. SERGE RABOIS It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then ... JOHN WANAMAKER
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