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"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence? ↗

— George Carlin

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I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

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My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care." ↗

— James Caan

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I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

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If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. ↗

— Doug Larson

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The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. ↗

— John McCarthy

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I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control. ↗

— John Cornyn

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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 if everybody just did something. We all make a difference. ↗

— Michael Crawford

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First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

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