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Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
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One piece of advice can be universally handed out, and it applies equally to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. If in the… — Mario Pei Copy Share Image
Europeans hate the way Americans talk. They think we're loud and uncouth and they don't like our jokes, except for Michael Moore.… — Denis Boyles Copy Share Image
Let your letter be written as accurately as you are able,--I mean with regard to language, grammar, and stops; for as to… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
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Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake of talking; men of ready tongues frequently dispute for the sake of victory;… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
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Armstrong was the key creator of the mature working language of jazz. Three decades after his death and more than three-quarters of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Woe be to him who tries to isolate one department of knowledge from the rest. All science is one: language, literature and… — Jules Michelet Copy Share Image
Every time we are obedient to the words of the prophets and apostles we reap great blessings. We receive more blessings than… — Paul V. Johnson Copy Share Image
There are certain things that I will do viscerally to affect people emotionally, with speed changes and sound, and various other things.… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
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The specifically human capacity for language enables children to provide for auxiliary tools in the solution of difficult tasks, to overcome impulsive… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
“I was stringing beads of different sizes in symmetrical groups—two large beads, three small ones, and so on. I had made many… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
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People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
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Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think what it might be. In running… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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Language changes only those aspects of our consciousness which are based on information, but not the feelings themselves. The words are as… — Rodolfo Llinas Copy Share Image
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In TV, when you come in to direct an episode, you are effectively learning an established language; you then have to try… — Alan Taylor Copy Share Image
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What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
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anything being perceived as being superior takes the noun. And everything that isn't, that's judged to be inferior, requires an adjective. So… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
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