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"English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite."
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"All our words from loose using have lost their edge."

"Our language now has become quick-moving (in syllables), and may be very supple and nimble, but is rather thin in sound and in sense too often diffuse and vague. the language of our forefathers, especially in verse, was slow, not very nimble, but very sonorous, and was intensely packed and concentrated - or could be in a good poet."

"Where do the words gowhen we have said them?"

"Language is the gateway of the mind and a bridge that connects us to other human beings. Language enables a person to share their clandestine inner world with other human beings and to learn about other people's mysterious world of logical thoughts and poetic sentiments."

"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."

"Words are never insufficient to describe any situation. It is the talent to use the words which is the insufficient one!"

"And why does he talk so funny? Doesn't he mean squashed tomatoes?I don't think that they had tomatoes when he comes from, said Bod. And that's just how they talk then."
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"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."

"My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work."

"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."

"For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart."

"Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award."
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