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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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The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

by Robert Burchfield Found in: Language Quotes,
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Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.

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Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Language Quotes,
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Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; read more

Keep your words sweet -- you may have to eat them. I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

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Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

by Storm Jameson Found in: Language Quotes,
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If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Language Quotes,
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Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

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Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. read more

Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out
At every joint and motive of her body.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Language Quotes,
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