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1 " Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder - when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words - to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table. "
― Elizabeth Gilbert , Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
2 " It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language. "
― Aravind Adiga , The White Tiger
3 " Gjerji raises his hand. In English he says, " I like to tell in the words of a great American philosopher what freedom is." " Say it in your language to your peers," I urge.Gyerji makes his statement. The class grows silent and thoughtful; there is much nodding. Twain perhaps? Emerson? Diana sidles up and whispers in my ear. " He says to them that freedom is a word when nothing is anymore able to be losed." Janis Joplin, de-syntaxed. "
4 " Change your language, change your mindset, change your actions, change your life "
5 " Who cares what colour your hair or what shape your shape is? Who cares what religion your religion or what language your language is? What is the colour of your heart? That is all that matters! "
― Mehmet Murat ildan
6 " Not everyone can understand your language like using " BTW" , " BRB" , " SAA" and many other such type of short words. "
7 " Mr. Treadstone believed that there was always an apposite word. The English language, after all, was the richest in the world. If you couldn’t find the apposite word, if you found your language slipping into the mire of vagueness and obscurity, this meant that you needed to work on your vocabulary. Because the apposite word certainly existed – and it was very eager to make your acquaintance. "
― Gavin Extence , The Universe Versus Alex Woods
8 " Taking your language into my soul, feeling it separate from sentences to words burning with flight, ‘til all I have left are meaningless letters pushing fire through my veins. Words can draw blood if you’re very, very careful. - Broken Places "
9 " In your language you have a form of poetry called a sonnet...It is a very strict form of poetry, is it not?...There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. That's a very strict rhythm or meter, yes?...And each line has to end with a rigid rhyme pattern. And if the poet does not do it exactly this way, it is not a sonnet, is it?''No.''But within this strict form the poet has complete freedom to say whatever he wants, doesn't he?''Yes." Calvin nodded again.'So,' said Mrs. Whatsit.'So what?''Oh, do not be stupid, boy!' Mrs. Whatsit scolded. 'You know perfectly well what I am driving at!''You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but with freedom within it?''Yes,' Mrs. Whatsit said. " You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. "
10 " Living in Supreme Influence, your language is neutral and/or moving toward your vision rather than moving away. In other words, you speak about what you do want, not about what you don't want. "
― , Supreme Influence: Change Your Life with the Power of the Language You Use
11 " Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication.-Aunt Beast "
― Madeleine L'Engle , A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
12 " The limits of your language are the limits of your world. "
― Ludwig Wittgenstein
13 " You don’t need to be a poet, a performer, a writer, or a journalist to tell your story powerfully. You do, however, need to elevate your language in ways that will bring your story to life clearly and imaginatively for others. "
― , Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference (Expanded)
14 " Because you think your language is the best language? That because you were born and your parents babbled to you in this tongue, that it is the best language to speak? How small is your mind. "
― Jeff Wheeler , The Wretched of Muirwood (Legends of Muirwood, #1)
15 " Guys get a bad rap for not wanting to talk about their feelings but maybe women are in part to blame for that. One thing that I learned from working with people where English was not their first language was this: just because they don’t speak your language doesn’t mean that they’re dumb. Maybe we just need to talk more slowly, use simpler words and have lots more patience. "
― Dermot Davis , The Younger Man
16 " Mind Your Language in the Presence of PatriachsQ. When is rape not rape? A. When it is your father or stepfather. "
― , Court Licensed Abuse: Patriarchal Lore And The Legal Response To Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse Of Children
17 " Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday. "
