#lang

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has. ↗

— Deborah Tannen

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You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend! ↗

— Lewis Tappan

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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

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There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

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Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. ↗

— Russell Hoban

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I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ↗

— George Orwell

#design

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution. ↗

— Eugene V. Debs

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Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

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