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"They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps."
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"Conundrum: A fun word to repeat over and over again when no one's listening. Actual meaning is as puzzling as the need to chant the word."
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"Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?""With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top."Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!"This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing."Dude," Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that..."
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"NE'TWORK: Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.......RETI'CULATED: Made of network; formed with interstitial vacuities."
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"In Sanskrit words are like living beings; depending on context, circumstance and environment their mood varies and meaning differs."
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"Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin."
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"It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter."
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"The world is built with words."
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"Chameleonesque, hobbitish, unicorned, stompled, selfishism, and unwakeable may not be real words, but you do know what they mean."
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"Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy."
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"I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine."
Routine
"If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians."
Musicians
"So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional."
Society
"If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it."
Money
"I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own."
Life
"So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking."
Separation
"But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them."
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"Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now."
Music
"We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie."
People
"Taste is changing, style is changing, and players' abilities are changing."
Style
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