How I wish that all men and women of good will would look to the Cross if only for a moment! There,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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when Christian theology becomes traditionalism and men fail to hold and use it as they do a living language, it becomes an… — Lily Dougall Copy Share Image
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[H]ow do I pity those who (assuming the name of friends) surround themselves with maxims importing the wisdom of doubt and suspicion,… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
The whole importance of Iraq is that we have now created two things. One, Iraq is in the Arab heartland in terms… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
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Language is so specific to art, all the way to the past in China. Previously, people were not allowed to include various… — Jia Zhangke Copy Share Image
Regarding language as an apparatus of symbols for the conveyance of thought, we may say that, as in a mechanical apparatus, the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
The poet, therefore, is truly the thief of fire. He is responsible for humanity, for animals even; he will have to make… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
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The words are strung together, with their own special grammar-the laws of quantum theory-to form sentences, which are molecules. Soon we have… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
[Concerning the Word preached:] Do we prize it in our judgments? Do we receive in into our hearts? Do we fear the… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ...… — Velimir Khlebnikov Copy Share Image
I've had experiences where I wasn't allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
“I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" She was… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
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Learning to say prayers in a foreign language...is not in itself the way to fulfill our highest human potential; there is nothing… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
The people of those foreign countries are very, very ignorant. They looked curiously at the costumes we had brought from the wilds… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Language is properly the servant of thought, but not unfrequently becomes its master. The conceptions of a feeble writer are greatly modified… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
There is always that age-old thing about England and America being divided by a common language. You think that because we speak… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Words can mean different things to different people. It is important to understand what people mean when they use a certain word.… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
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