Language Quotes

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What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language. — Miuccia Prada
When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although… — Francois Hollande
The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club, helping to tie mankind together across barriers… — Freeman Dyson
Bill Condon, I must say, may have been one of the best professional experiences of my life, collaborating with him. He, himself, is an Academy… — Melissa Rosenberg
While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught… — Mo Rocca
There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not… — Michael Gove
You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts,… — Yuri Milner
I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant… — Gail Simmons
I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language. — Rashida Jones
Even though I have spent literally years of my life trying to learn another language, any other language - and even though I have in… — Lev Grossman
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the… — David Mitchell
Music is a language. — Youssou N'Dour
There are two possibilities: Either the kiss is a human universal, one of the constellation of innate traits, including language and laughter, that unites us… — Joshua Foer
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus… — Michael Nutter
I can use movie as a language. Not only could it send a good message, I could let people know about my thinking and how… — John Woo
Congress has repeatedly passed laws and otherwise raised a ruckus about indecent language on the broadcast airwaves used for radio and television. — Reed Hundt
Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music to… — will.i.am
Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to… — David Crystal
Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of. — Sebastian Coe
Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable. — Kenneth R. Miller

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