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Amid chaos of images, we value coherence. We believe in the printed word. And we believe in clarity. And we believe in immaculate syntax. And… — William Shawn
When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy. — Finley Peter Dunne
Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's Ash?arite… — Peter Adamson
I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both… — William Labov
Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because… — Andrzej Wajda
The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances. — Andy Rooney
Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed… — George Orwell
You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and… — Rick Mercer
Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head. — Zoe Wanamaker
If you can describe clearly without a diagram the proper way of making this or that knot, then you are a master of the English… — Hilaire Belloc
The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'. — David Tang
"Very" is the most useless word in the English language and can always come out. More than useless, it is treacherous because it invariably weakens… — Florence King
Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to… — Criss Jami
I feel that the English language will be able to carry the weight of my African experience. But it will have to be a new… — Chinua Achebe
In 1776, at the point of severance, except for an infusion of words from east coast Indian languages, the English language of North America was… — Robert Burchfield
At all periods of the [English] language it is difficult to assign a beginning date to most new words and meanings. They tend to slip… — Robert Burchfield
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. — Diane Wakoski
No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say. — Raymond Arroyo
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I… — F. Murray Abraham
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will
I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and… — Michael Crawford
I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that… — Michael Cunningham
What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man. — Stephen Greenblatt
We all live in a small unique world, that's why we need at least one sole common language. — William C. Brown
Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic. — E. M. Delafield

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