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title: "7 Language Did Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“It has always been a mystery to me how Adam, Eve, and the serpent were taught the same language. Where did they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/it-has-always-been-a-mystery-to-me-how-adam-eve-and-the-serpent-were/)

[Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/)

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> [If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-language-did-not-affect-behavior-it-could-have-no-meaning/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/anonymous-1_behavior_if-language-did-not-affect-behavior-it-c_768134.jpg)

> [I had to learn American sign language. And I did stuff in it, stuff that was just for me and was fun,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-lowe/i-had-to-learn-american-sign-language-and-i-did-stuff-in-it-stuff/)

[Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-lowe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/rob-lowe-855_fun_i-had-to-learn-american-sign-language-an_1039982.jpg)

> [ Language \[can\] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-lane/language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-of-the-hands-and-face-just-as/)

[Harlan Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-lane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/harlan-lane-110195_ability_language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-o_1734575.png)

> [He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/he-never-labored-so-hard-to-learn-a-language-as-he-did-to-hold-his/)

[Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/)

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> [There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/there-s-no-bad-writing-you-did-something-i-was-operating-inside/)

[Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/)

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> [I have never felt at ease in language. I did not grow up among books or among people who read them. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-lutz/i-have-never-felt-at-ease-in-language-i-did-not-grow-up-among-books/)

[Gary Lutz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-lutz/)

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