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Language Quotes

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing Picture Quote #1

No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern Picture Quote #1

The first few weeks football players look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. My job is to get them to trust me, trust the system. I ask them to run in a way that makes no sense to them Picture Quote #1

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry Picture Quote #1

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square Picture Quote #1

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age Picture Quote #1

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I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry Picture Quote #1

I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food Picture Quote #1

I was always getting run - down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn’t speak the language or know what the food was like Picture Quote #1

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America Picture Quote #1

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words Picture Quote #1

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana Picture Quote #1

Sports is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions Picture Quote #1

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they’ll say, ‘God, he said exactly what I was thinking.’ And when they begin to respect you, they’ll follow you to the death Picture Quote #1

That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a ‘TV Dad,’ to give advice and it’s so pat it becomes ridiculous Picture Quote #1

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

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The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself Picture Quote #1

The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form Picture Quote #1

The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it Picture Quote #1

We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans Picture Quote #1

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man Picture Quote #1

You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals Picture Quote #1

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Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it’s also the language of the Hindus Picture Quote #1

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem Picture Quote #1

Also, they don’t understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language 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

Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don’t even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English Picture Quote #1

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing (Language Quotes) No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern (Language Quotes) The first few weeks football players look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. My job is to get them to trust me, trust the system. I ask them to run in a way that makes no sense to them (Language Quotes) To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry (Language Quotes) Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square (Language Quotes) I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age (Language Quotes) I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry (Language Quotes) I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food (Language Quotes) I was always getting run - down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn’t speak the language or know what the food was like (Language Quotes) Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America (Language Quotes) Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think (Language Quotes) Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet (Language Quotes) Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words (Language Quotes) Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana (Language Quotes) Sports is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions (Language Quotes) Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they’ll say, ‘God, he said exactly what I was thinking.’ And when they begin to respect you, they’ll follow you to the death (Language Quotes) That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a ‘TV Dad,’ to give advice and it’s so pat it becomes ridiculous (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) The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself (Language Quotes) The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience - anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form (Language Quotes) The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it (Language Quotes) We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans (Language Quotes) What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man (Language Quotes) You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals (Language Quotes) Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it’s also the language of the Hindus (Language Quotes) Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem (Language Quotes) Also, they don’t understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language (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) Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don’t even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English (Language Quotes) Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare (Language Quotes)

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