#lang

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

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The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

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As advertising blather becomes the nation's normal idiom, language becomes printed noise. ↗

— George Will

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In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk. ↗

— Carey Williams

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I think music is another language. ↗

— Dar Williams

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We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself. ↗

— Robin Williams

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I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine. ↗

— Saul Williams

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We've already recognized that it is absolutely essential for British children to learn other languages and we will be working hard to put further strategies in place to ensure this. ↗

— John Whitehead

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What language are you talking in now? It appears to be bollocks. ↗

— Richard Wilson

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Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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