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Language Quotes

I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who’s a bull rusher and who’s a finesse rusher. I think I’ve learned Picture Quote #1

John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it’s a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn’t exist in movies today. It’s left on the floor Picture Quote #1

Working with composers often is a really frustrating experience because you speak a different language and, oftentimes, they take two or three jobs, at the same time. They’re difficult and pretentious and they’re tormented artists Picture Quote #1

Curses are exacting, legal arrangements of the spiritual world. Just like human contracts contain fine print and legally crafted language, satanic curses are filled with minutiae that required detailed voiding Picture Quote #1

What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words are biblical, one word is Russian, and one word is Yiddish. This kind of connection between very high language and very low language is very natural, people use it all the time Picture Quote #1

People in Israel would write in a high register, they wouldn’t write colloquial speech. I do a special take on colloquial speech. When I started writing, I thought [the language] was telling the story of this country: old people in a young nation, very religious, very conservative, very tight-assed, but also very anarchistic, very open-minded. It’s all in the language, and that’s one thing that doesn’t translate Picture Quote #1

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How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to that violence. I think it’s a question of language, as it arrives from one body to another. It becomes the thing in between the two bodies Picture Quote #1

I think words are the thing that either triumphs for you, in your desire to communicate something, or fails. I love language because when it succeeds, for me, it doesn’t just tell me something. It enacts something. It creates something. And it goes both ways. Sometimes it’s violent. Sometimes it hurts you. And sometimes it saves you Picture Quote #1

I love revising things, because you see how you can get the language to get closer to intention. You know there are three ways to say X thing, but one will say it better than the other two. And in saying it better, it gets you closer to something Picture Quote #1

I loved languages, and loved learning languages. It was fantastic. But I was alone there. I remember that time as a real Virginia Woolf time. More than any language it was her language that influenced me Picture Quote #1

James Joyce’s English was based on the rhythm of the Irish language. He wrote things that shocked English language speakers but he was thinking in Gaelic. I’ve sung songs that if they were in English, would have been banned too. The psyche of the Irish language is completely different to the English-speaking world Picture Quote #1

As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer’s ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something original that alters or deepens my understanding of both literature and life Picture Quote #1

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If you adopt the body language of a power player, it will greatly facilitate your ability to be a power player Picture Quote #1

We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don’t have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present Picture Quote #1

From every ancient source, we have testimony to Cleopatra’s irresistible charm, as Plutarch has it, to her ability to speak many languages including, as he puts it, the language of flattery and essentially, to be able to turn people to her will - really a great political genius, in that respect Picture Quote #1

The language that we use now impacts on the ability to vote, it impacts on the marketplace; instead of making things clear, it makes it more confusing. I think we need to stop using neutral language and speak in straighter terms. So when you agree to something, you actually get what you agreed to in the first place Picture Quote #1

All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it. You just need to pay attention to it and gain experience over the years Picture Quote #1

Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language Picture Quote #1

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Bill Condon, I must say, may have been one of the best professional experiences of my life, collaborating with him. He, himself, is an Academy Award winning screenwriter. He is a storyteller first and foremost, so we speak the same language. We approach things always from the story Picture Quote #1

Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it’s a new language Picture Quote #1

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act Picture Quote #1

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action Picture Quote #1

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them Picture Quote #1

It was once argued that ‘Starring Sylvester Stallone’ were the three scariest words in the English language but until I saw Adam Sandler I’d always thought the three scariest words in the English language were ‘starring Dan Aykroyd.’ Picture Quote #1

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This unique strategy that the advanced primates created, the strategy of using language to bind time, is what the process we call ‘civilization’ has been all about Picture Quote #1

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate Picture Quote #1

You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid Picture Quote #1

Art isn’t held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you’re a loser if you’re making music until you prove otherwise Picture Quote #1

Nabokov’s adventures in language and style and naked braininess are really unparalleled Picture Quote #1

All of a sudden it’s twelve-year-olds who are contacting me, fifteen-year-olds, and they have very, very fascinating questions. However, they speak in a language of their age group which I have to learn first Picture Quote #1

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I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who’s a bull rusher and who’s a finesse rusher. I think I’ve learned (Language Quotes) John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it’s a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn’t exist in movies today. It’s left on the floor (Language Quotes) Working with composers often is a really frustrating experience because you speak a different language and, oftentimes, they take two or three jobs, at the same time. They’re difficult and pretentious and they’re tormented artists (Language Quotes) Curses are exacting, legal arrangements of the spiritual world. Just like human contracts contain fine print and legally crafted language, satanic curses are filled with minutiae that required detailed voiding (Language Quotes) What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words are biblical, one word is Russian, and one word is Yiddish. This kind of connection between very high language and very low language is very natural, people use it all the time (Language Quotes) People in Israel would write in a high register, they wouldn’t write colloquial speech. I do a special take on colloquial speech. When I started writing, I thought [the language] was telling the story of this country: old people in a young nation, very religious, very conservative, very tight-assed, but also very anarchistic, very open-minded. It’s all in the language, and that’s one thing that doesn’t translate (Language Quotes) How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to that violence. I think it’s a question of language, as it arrives from one body to another. It becomes the thing in between the two bodies (Language Quotes) I think words are the thing that either triumphs for you, in your desire to communicate something, or fails. I love language because when it succeeds, for me, it doesn’t just tell me something. It enacts something. It creates something. And it goes both ways. Sometimes it’s violent. Sometimes it hurts you. And sometimes it saves you (Language Quotes) I love revising things, because you see how you can get the language to get closer to intention. You know there are three ways to say X thing, but one will say it better than the other two. And in saying it better, it gets you closer to something (Language Quotes) I loved languages, and loved learning languages. It was fantastic. But I was alone there. I remember that time as a real Virginia Woolf time. More than any language it was her language that influenced me (Language Quotes) James Joyce’s English was based on the rhythm of the Irish language. He wrote things that shocked English language speakers but he was thinking in Gaelic. I’ve sung songs that if they were in English, would have been banned too. The psyche of the Irish language is completely different to the English-speaking world (Language Quotes) As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer’s ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something original that alters or deepens my understanding of both literature and life (Language Quotes) If you adopt the body language of a power player, it will greatly facilitate your ability to be a power player (Language Quotes) We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don’t have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present (Language Quotes) From every ancient source, we have testimony to Cleopatra’s irresistible charm, as Plutarch has it, to her ability to speak many languages including, as he puts it, the language of flattery and essentially, to be able to turn people to her will - really a great political genius, in that respect (Language Quotes) The language that we use now impacts on the ability to vote, it impacts on the marketplace; instead of making things clear, it makes it more confusing. I think we need to stop using neutral language and speak in straighter terms. So when you agree to something, you actually get what you agreed to in the first place (Language Quotes) All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it. You just need to pay attention to it and gain experience over the years (Language Quotes) Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language (Language Quotes) Bill Condon, I must say, may have been one of the best professional experiences of my life, collaborating with him. He, himself, is an Academy Award winning screenwriter. He is a storyteller first and foremost, so we speak the same language. We approach things always from the story (Language Quotes) Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it’s a new language (Language Quotes) Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act (Language Quotes) As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action (Language Quotes) There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them. (Language Quotes) It was once argued that ‘Starring Sylvester Stallone’ were the three scariest words in the English language but until I saw Adam Sandler I’d always thought the three scariest words in the English language were ‘starring Dan Aykroyd.’ (Language Quotes) This unique strategy that the advanced primates created, the strategy of using language to bind time, is what the process we call ‘civilization’ has been all about. (Language Quotes) I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate. (Language Quotes) You should not translate for more than two hours at a time. After that, you lose your edge, the language becomes clumsy, rigid. (Language Quotes) Art isn’t held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you’re a loser if you’re making music until you prove otherwise. (Language Quotes) Nabokov’s adventures in language and style and naked braininess are really unparalleled (Language Quotes) All of a sudden it’s twelve-year-olds who are contacting me, fifteen-year-olds, and they have very, very fascinating questions. However, they speak in a language of their age group which I have to learn first. (Language Quotes)

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