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Words are, like to me, as bricks are to a bricklayer.
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The speaker compares words to the bricks a bricklayer works with. Just as bricks are the basic materials used to build a wall, words are the basic materials used to form and shape an expression. The comparison emphasizes that careful results depend on choosing and placing these building blocks well.
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- National Library of Australia, The Memory Tapes
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