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Language Quotes

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful Picture Quote #1

I understood that synergistic dance between photographer and object - ‘muse,’ if you will, ‘model,’ whatever you call us. It’s that silent language of communication, like being psychic with each other Picture Quote #1

Every human being born within the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen Picture Quote #1

And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it’s an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality Picture Quote #1

Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end Picture Quote #1

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me Picture Quote #1

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The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God Picture Quote #1

I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases Picture Quote #1

The meaning of quality in photography’s best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system Picture Quote #1

Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak Picture Quote #1

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband Picture Quote #1

I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life. I read a lot of classic Cold War science fiction, which is much of the best science fiction, so I speak the language well, which is a commodity that’s not easy to come by in Hollywood Picture Quote #1

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People want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. ... You can have the best product, the best service, the best argument in a debate. But without the effective words you still lose. In the end you need good principles and good language if you are to succeed Picture Quote #1

Learn Languages the Right Way. Language acquisition games and abstract communicative method are bullshit. The second-best way to learn a foreign language is alone in a room doing skull-numbing rote memorization of vocabulary, grammar, key phrases, and colloquialisms. The best way is in bed Picture Quote #1

Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire Picture Quote #1

The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one’s control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one’s free will Picture Quote #1

The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I’ve read the Bible now five times and it taught me the English language Picture Quote #1

In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase ‘hope and change,’ to wit: ‘big, fat government.’ Picture Quote #1

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India is a very, very old country with a history, culture and tradition like Italy. And we can use the English language to be in touch. Then India’s industrial situation is similar to us. Both have big companies but are dominated by small and medium-sized companies. It is extremely important for both to do joint ventures Picture Quote #1

I just don’t like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me Picture Quote #1

Numbers are really fascinating things, and they do play a big part in our lives. They are a language of their own Picture Quote #1

When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a little funny for using big words in a dead language - or in the kind of horticultural Esperanto that botanical names make up Picture Quote #1

It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There’s a big advantage to being the outsider Picture Quote #1

Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors all around the world, regardless of language, are all the same Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more colorful Picture Quote #1

My new play ‘Chinglish,’ which will go to Broadway, is about a white American businessman who goes to a provincial capital in China, hoping to make a deal there. It’s bilingual. And it’s about trying to communicate across language and cultural barriers Picture Quote #1

Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to read out numbers, first in one language and then midway in another language. They often stumble at the switch, taking many tries before they hit their stride again Picture Quote #1

I’m bilingual, speaking English and body language. I prefer the latter, because I can speak it silently and without listening and while my back is turned Picture Quote #1

If you speak three languages you’re trilingual. If you speak two languages you’re bilingual. If you speak the language of the opposite sex, you can communicate Picture Quote #1

There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘bipolar disorder’ correspond to discrete entities (‘natural kinds’ in the language of philosophy) Picture Quote #1

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Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful. (Language Quotes) I understood that synergistic dance between photographer and object - ‘muse,’ if you will, ‘model,’ whatever you call us. It’s that silent language of communication, like being psychic with each other. (Language Quotes) Every human being born within the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen. (Language Quotes) And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it’s an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality. (Language Quotes) Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end. (Language Quotes) I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn’t believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me. (Language Quotes) The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God. (Language Quotes) I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases. (Language Quotes) The meaning of quality in photography’s best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system. (Language Quotes) Poetry at its best is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak (Language Quotes) My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband. (Language Quotes) I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life. I read a lot of classic Cold War science fiction, which is much of the best science fiction, so I speak the language well, which is a commodity that’s not easy to come by in Hollywood. (Language Quotes) People want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. ... You can have the best product, the best service, the best argument in a debate. But without the effective words you still lose. In the end you need good principles and good language if you are to succeed. (Language Quotes) Learn Languages the Right Way. Language acquisition games and abstract communicative method are bullshit. The second-best way to learn a foreign language is alone in a room doing skull-numbing rote memorization of vocabulary, grammar, key phrases, and colloquialisms. The best way is in bed. (Language Quotes) Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire. (Language Quotes) The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one’s control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one’s free will. (Language Quotes) The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I’ve read the Bible now five times and it taught me the English language. (Language Quotes) In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase ‘hope and change,’ to wit: ‘big, fat government.’ (Language Quotes) India is a very, very old country with a history, culture and tradition like Italy. And we can use the English language to be in touch. Then India’s industrial situation is similar to us. Both have big companies but are dominated by small and medium-sized companies. It is extremely important for both to do joint ventures. (Language Quotes) I just don’t like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me. (Language Quotes) Numbers are really fascinating things, and they do play a big part in our lives. They are a language of their own. (Language Quotes) When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a little funny for using big words in a dead language - or in the kind of horticultural Esperanto that botanical names make up. (Language Quotes) It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There’s a big advantage to being the outsider. (Language Quotes) Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors all around the world, regardless of language, are all the same. (Language Quotes) I’ve been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more colorful. (Language Quotes) My new play ‘Chinglish,’ which will go to Broadway, is about a white American businessman who goes to a provincial capital in China, hoping to make a deal there. It’s bilingual. And it’s about trying to communicate across language and cultural barriers. (Language Quotes) Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to read out numbers, first in one language and then midway in another language. They often stumble at the switch, taking many tries before they hit their stride again. (Language Quotes) I’m bilingual, speaking English and body language. I prefer the latter, because I can speak it silently and without listening and while my back is turned. (Language Quotes) If you speak three languages you’re trilingual. If you speak two languages you’re bilingual. If you speak the language of the opposite sex, you can communicate. (Language Quotes) There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘bipolar disorder’ correspond to discrete entities (‘natural kinds’ in the language of philosophy). (Language Quotes)

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