#language

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

— Jimmy Carter

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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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So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it. ↗

— Judy Chicago

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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future. ↗

— Thad Cochran

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From this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of memory into thickets of wildest guesswork. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

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