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> [The theatre is like a Catholic Mass of language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giraudoux/the-theatre-is-like-a-catholic-mass-of-language/)

[Jean Giraudoux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giraudoux/)

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> [It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/it-is-a-mass-language-only-in-the-same-sense-that-its-baseball-slang/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

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