motto
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Yet even Honor is cowed by the household’s steely Yugoslav maid, Greta, who dismisses all heartbreaks and hysterics with the motto, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The movie has an implicit motto, confidently stated by Kyle, that applies to all security systems: “At the end of the day, it’s still run by people. And people are stupid.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"I think of it like the Star Trek motto, to boldly go where no one has before," Burton says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Her motto is to keep a “cool head” amid the maelstrom.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
His father’s words had affected Doha deeply and he realized this was something his entire family believed in and was a motto they lived by.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Vocabulary lists containing motto
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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Divergent
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