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"When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it."
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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."
"It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters."
"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."
"Although profanity is part of our language that we speak everyday, it can simultaneity be used as a weapon to demoralize other people if it is offensive within its meaning."
"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."
"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."
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"I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names."
"I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear."
"The rivers of America will run with blood filled to their banks before we will submit to them taking the Bible out of our schools."
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