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Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

by Andrea Dworkin Found in: Language Quotes,
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For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more

For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Language Quotes,
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When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more

When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

by Christopher Ricks Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

by Rita Mae Brown Found in: Language Quotes,
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The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

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How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

by E. M. Forster Found in: Language Quotes,
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Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

by John Selden Found in: Language Quotes,
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Well languag'd Danyel.

Well languag'd Danyel.

by Sir William Browne Found in: Language Quotes,
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Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has read more

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages

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