We agreed that people are now afraid of the English language. He [T.S. Eliot] said it came of being bookish, but not… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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English is the 'language of liberty' for nations emerging from years of cultural oppression. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
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I have a song about how much I hate emojis and the lazy thinking of people who use them. I wish that… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
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Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I… — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
Much has been written about Trump's style of speech, which linguists have said is often unintelligible yet deeply compelling. Orwell's famous 1946… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
All the words in the English language are divided into nine great classes. These classes are called the Parts of Speech. They… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder how my life would have worked out if my books had been translated into English sooner, because English is… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
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Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
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As you know, we're studying safe levels for arsenic in drinking water to base our decision on sound science, the scientists told… — George WBush Copy Share Image
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Good morning is a term used to welcome or to greet someone in the hours before noon of each day. Good morning… — Author Name Copy Share Image
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If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
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“I love you. ... they are the three most abused and underused words in the English language.” — Andrea Boeshaar Copy Share Image
I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America. — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
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