#languages

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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I speak two languages, Body and English. ↗

— Mae West

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Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#am #being #enough #fact #gifted

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

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

— Carey Williams

#including #languages #must #number #order

And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal. ↗

— Umberto Guidoni

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My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#any #conscious #conscious decision #decision #i

I had to know at least two languages. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

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I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

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