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To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language.
What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak.
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.
Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.
Language is not neutral. It is not merely a vehicle which carries ideas. It is itself a shaper of ideas.
It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.
I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human.
I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.
The Opera reminds me of my tax audit. It was in a language I didn’t understand. And it ended in tragedy.
My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity.
The C language combines all the power of assembly language with all the ease-of-use of assembly language.
Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along.
The language of Mexicans springs from abysmal extremes of power and impotence, domination and resentment.
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any purpose.
The pen is the language of the soul; as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.
To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym.
I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to language.
Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.
Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls
Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language.
And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.
The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.
I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun.
Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it.
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.
I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English.
I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.
I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.
The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.
On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.
Jim Jarmusch: Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision.
I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit them.
I'm keen on making English language movies. English is still the global language and we can't change that.
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.
If someone had protected the HTML language for making Web pages, then we wouldn't have the World Wide Web.
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
The idea that language can be recombined to create new forms, new things, is of course very old in poetry.
It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it.
Pictures rule, but words define, explain, express, direct, and hold together our thoughts and what we know.