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There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth. ↗

— Elias Canetti

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You who speak languages, you are such liars. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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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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By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ↗

— George Carlin

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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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I see tendencies, I see body language. ↗

— Michael Chang

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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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