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Own Language Quotes

I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language Picture Quote #1

A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language Picture Quote #1

As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier Picture Quote #1

As our dreams make evident, the psyche’s own language is that of image, and not idea Picture Quote #1

The stars have their own language, you know. If you’re careful, you can learn it Picture Quote #1

I have my own language and it’s high time I put a little of it out there Picture Quote #1

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When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are Picture Quote #1

We always translate the other person’s language into our own language Picture Quote #1

Art... Can speak its own language only as long as the images are alive which refuse and refute the established order Picture Quote #1

Even if you’re a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn’t become a language until there are people using it Picture Quote #1

In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending 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

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I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner Picture Quote #1

What Mostovskoy found most sinister of all was that National Socialism seemed so at home in the camp: rather than peering haughtily at the common people through a monocle, it talked and joked in their own language. It was down-to-earth and plebeian. And it had an excellent knowledge of the mind, language and soul of those it deprived of freedom Picture Quote #1

No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at someone who tampers with your own language Picture Quote #1

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language Picture Quote #1

The translator’s task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That’s hard! Picture Quote #1

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated Picture Quote #1

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The writer’s language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language Picture Quote #1

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity Picture Quote #1

In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language Picture Quote #1

The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly Picture Quote #1

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic Picture Quote #1

There was a patient look on the old man’s face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody with whom to speak his own language or find companionship Picture Quote #1

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The translator, a lonely sort of acrobat, becomes confused in a labyrinth of paradox, or climbs a pyramid of dependent clauses and has to invent a way down from it in his own language 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

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language Picture Quote #1

Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language Picture Quote #1

This sign I give you: every people speaks its tongue of good and evil, which the neighbor does not understand. It has invented its own language of customs and rights Picture Quote #1

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I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language (Own Language Quotes) A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language (Own Language Quotes) As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier (Own Language Quotes) As our dreams make evident, the psyche’s own language is that of image, and not idea (Own Language Quotes) The stars have their own language, you know. If you’re careful, you can learn it (Own Language Quotes) I have my own language and it’s high time I put a little of it out there (Own Language Quotes) When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are (Own Language Quotes) We always translate the other person’s language into our own language (Own Language Quotes) Art... Can speak its own language only as long as the images are alive which refuse and refute the established order (Own Language Quotes) Even if you’re a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn’t become a language until there are people using it (Own Language Quotes) In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending (Own 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 (Own Language Quotes) I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner (Own Language Quotes) What Mostovskoy found most sinister of all was that National Socialism seemed so at home in the camp: rather than peering haughtily at the common people through a monocle, it talked and joked in their own language. It was down-to-earth and plebeian. And it had an excellent knowledge of the mind, language and soul of those it deprived of freedom (Own Language Quotes) No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at someone who tampers with your own language (Own Language Quotes) The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language (Own Language Quotes) The translator’s task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That’s hard! (Own Language Quotes) Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated (Own Language Quotes) The writer’s language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language (Own Language Quotes) Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity (Own Language Quotes) In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language (Own Language Quotes) The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly (Own Language Quotes) The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic (Own Language Quotes) There was a patient look on the old man’s face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody with whom to speak his own language or find companionship (Own Language Quotes) The translator, a lonely sort of acrobat, becomes confused in a labyrinth of paradox, or climbs a pyramid of dependent clauses and has to invent a way down from it in his own language (Own 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 (Own Language Quotes) An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language (Own Language Quotes) Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language (Own Language Quotes) In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak loudly and slowly in his own language (Own Language Quotes) This sign I give you: every people speaks its tongue of good and evil, which the neighbor does not understand. It has invented its own language of customs and rights (Own Language Quotes)

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