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Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness — Glenn Close
It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean. — Barbara Kruger
The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies. — Stephen Fry
Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence. — Slash
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life. — Winston Churchill
Geffrey Davis interrogates masculinity- as brother, son, father, lover-to examine the sources of love's enduring and failed aspects ... I admire Davis' emotional vocabulary, his… — Unknown Author
We need to develop a better descriptive vocabulary for lying, a taxonomy, a way to distinguish intentional lies from unintentional ones, and a way to… — Rivka Galchen
I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting… — Todd Barry
The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes. — Dorothea Lange
In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating… — Harold Bloom
My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary — Lynn Johnston
It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did… — John Humphrys
Plurality of languages: [...] It is crucial 1. that there are many languages and that they differ not only in vocabulary, but also in grammar,… — Hannah Arendt
In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary. — Robert Fitzgerald
I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts. — Mike Tyson
Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue. — Sinclair Lewis
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. — Marina Warner
Science and technology contribute to the fast-expanding vocabularies of all living civilized tongues at a faster rate than all other fields of human endeavor put… — Mario Pei
Compare the emotional vocabulary available to a leader (confidence, satisfaction, indignation) with the emotions not permitted (regret, embarrassment, dread, angst, mortification, anger, surprise, wonder, doubt),… — John MacLachlan Gray
Success and vocabulary go hand in hand. This has been proven so often that it no longer admits of argument. — Wilfred Funk
Patriotism! It is used to define so many diversities, to justify so many wrongs, to compass so many ends, that its life is killed out;… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
[The word class has] been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals of inciting 'class… — Harry Shearer
The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint, a sense of harmony with forces larger and more lasting… — Marcia Siegel
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead… — Dorothy L. Sayers

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