What's happening is the language. Not only in the usual sense of being interesting (which it is), but in the new sense… — Ron Silliman Copy Share Image
The narrative of, 'You won an award, so you're going to skyrocket' - it's very emotive language but not necessarily true. I've… — Georgina Campbell Copy Share Image
“Even in those pieces that seemed to be casually tossed off, I was always searching for the right word, for the proper… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Putin imagined it would be different. So, like many Russian leaders before him, he imagined that Ukraine was basically Russia, but they… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
This is the power of images, the ambiguity. You are never completely sure of anything. With written language, it's more concrete. You… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
People give the words life through their own adoration or relationship to the work, and that's true of everything. You can't divorce… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways - to the voices of quiet anguish, to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Presidents Reagan and the first George Bush never used the vile language of some Trump supporters, but both blamed scarce resources and… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
No man's thoughts are new, but the style of their expression is the never-failing novelty which cheers and refreshes men. If we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur Thou… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“English is not spare. But it is beautiful. It cannot be called truthful because its subtleties are infinite. It is the language… — Paul Scott Copy Share Image
You can write a radical Norwegian or a conservative Norwegian. And when I changed to a conservative Norwegian, I gained this distance… — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
My parents have always had a very limited command of English. Of course, when we first arrived in the UK, none of… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Most words come into being first in speech, then in private writing, and then in public, published writing, which means that if… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Speech therapy is an art that deserves to be more widely known. You cannot imagine the acrobatics your tongue mechanically performs in… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
“A language is the joint historical creation of millions of speakers. Although all speakers have some effect on the trajectory of a… — James C. Scott Copy Share Image
“As a writer, you must truly possess a love for words." "Yes, that's right," I agreed. "I've noticed that some authors favor… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Any attempt to speak without speaking any particular language is not more hopeless than the attempt to have a religion that shall… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Each asana is like a sound or letter in an alphabet. Every letter in an alphabet produces a unique sound vibration. Each… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Porting a Google App Engine app written in Python to Go: Although I'm new to Go I get much quicker results than… — Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov Copy Share Image
It's one thing to be writing in South or Latin America, where, except for Brazil, every country, however small and hard to… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“The author recognizes the power of the persecuting tribe referring to members of hers consistently as "snakes" or "roaches". This dehumanizing language,… — Immaculee Ilibagiza Copy Share Image
Words in the mind are like colors on the palette of the artist. The more colors we have access to, the easier… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should… — Patrice O'Neal Copy Share Image
“In other words, a positional parallelism in which sound is foregrounded as an independent feature (Nathanson, WP, 140), comes to override an… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“My words never last long. I have to destroy them before anyone sees them. But. I remember them all. For some reason,… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Changing words isn't so hard. Recognizing a particular sound, swapping it for another - that was easy even for your ancestors. Reading… — Peadar Ó Guilín Copy Share Image
I first came across her [Bae Suah] when I read some elderly male critic castigating her for 'doing violence to the Korean… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
That so many writers have been prepared to accept a kind of martyrdom is the best tribute that flesh can pay to… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
We do not war with races primarily as such. Tyranny is our foe. Whatever trapping or disguise it wears, whatever language it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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