#language

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

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For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

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True creativity often starts where language ends. ↗

— Arthur Koestler

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I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization. ↗

— Frantz Fanon

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When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well. ↗

— Marcel Carne

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I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born. ↗

— Emily Carr

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The language you are about to hear... is disturbing. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#disturbing #hear #language #you

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. ↗

— Cesar Chavez

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I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it. ↗

— Phil Collins

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