Language Quote by Michael Rank

““He spoke 29 languages, including Greek, Arabic, Persian, Icelandic, Turkish, Swahili, Hindi, and a host of other European, Asian, and African tongues.””

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“Memory of the elderly monk survived in the accounts of some of the greatest leaders in medieval Europe, along with lengthy accounts in the…

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“The ink of a scholar is more holy that the blood of a martyr.”

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“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (“I will either find a way, or make one”).”

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“He who does not regret the breakup of the Soviet Union has no heart. He who wants to revive it in its previous form…

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“In 63 B.C., a young Roman quaestor in Spain approached a statue of Alexander to pay homage to the commander, who had never lost…

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“In August 1519, Magellan disembarked with a crew of 280 men among the five ships of his fleet: the Concepción, the San Antonio, the…

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“Bar Sauma strengthened diplomatic and political channels in his attempts to build an East-West military alliance, and his efforts reopened the lines of communication…

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“health benefits of sleep come from the REM cycle, which do not happen throughout an eight-hour slumber. It only occurs a couple of hours…

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“The 21-year-old set off for his journey the year before he died in 1324. Yet even though he traveled three times as far as…

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“Genghis and his immediate descendants killed upwards of 40 million people, causing millions of acres of farmland to go untended and return to the…

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“We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to live.”

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“Abu Abdullah Ibn Battuta came from a prominent family of judges who studied thick tomes of Islamic law and wrote legally binding opinions on…

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“I only have two words to say More or Less”

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It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

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I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…

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