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Language may die at the hands of the schoolman: it is regenerated by the poets Picture Quote #1

My obsessions stay the same - historical memory and historical erasure. I am particularly interested in the Americas and how a history that is rooted in colonialism, the language and iconography of empire, disenfranchisement, the enslavement of peoples, and the way that people were sectioned off because of blood Picture Quote #1

Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer’s language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the languages of other cultures - its cruelty is its vitality Picture Quote #1

You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language Picture Quote #1

How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world Picture Quote #1

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He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish Picture Quote #1

I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language Picture Quote #1

I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we tend to talk in short grabs rather than in long flowing sentences. I think that’s not a bad way to write Picture Quote #1

Kindness is a language more often misunderstood than taken at face value Picture Quote #1

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It’s a universal language Picture Quote #1

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I think yes is the most beautiful and necessary word in the English language Picture Quote #1

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Language may die at the hands of the schoolman: it is regenerated by the poets (Language Quotes) My obsessions stay the same - historical memory and historical erasure. I am particularly interested in the Americas and how a history that is rooted in colonialism, the language and iconography of empire, disenfranchisement, the enslavement of peoples, and the way that people were sectioned off because of blood (Language Quotes) Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer’s language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the languages of other cultures - its cruelty is its vitality (Language Quotes) You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear (Language Quotes) It’s amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language. (Language Quotes) How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world. (Language Quotes) He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish (Language Quotes) I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language. (Language Quotes) Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language (Language Quotes) I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we tend to talk in short grabs rather than in long flowing sentences. I think that’s not a bad way to write. (Language Quotes) Kindness is a language more often misunderstood than taken at face value (Language Quotes) I think cinema has this beautiful component. It’s a universal language. (Language Quotes) I think yes is the most beautiful and necessary word in the English language (Language Quotes)

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