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Language Quotes (page 17)

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. Francois Hollande
Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future. Francois Hollande
My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation. Niklaus Wirth
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins..."
Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening. Jeanette Winterson
Russell Hoban quote: "After all, when you come right down to it, how many people..."
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? Russell Hoban
It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with. William Wiley
The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way. Thornton Wilder
I think, in a way, I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed, but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around. Chuck Palahniuk
The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language. Werner Heisenberg
Martin Heidegger quote: "Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language,..."
Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man. Martin Heidegger
This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story. Michel Hazanavicius
George Orwell quote: "But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt..."
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. George Orwell
Tomas Transtromer quote: "The language marches in step with the executioners. Therefore..."
The language marches in step with the executioners. Therefore we must get a new language. Tomas Transtromer
Debbie Harry quote: "We probably, as primitive people, made music before we..."
We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from. Debbie Harry
If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done. Jim Wallis

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