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"Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?"
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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."
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"Language is wine upon the lips."
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"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."
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"A word is not filling in the gaps, but the fertilization of silence."
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"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."
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"No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another."
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"Putting it into words will destroy any meaning."
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"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."
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"Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence."
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"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."
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"In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality."
God
"You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom."
Freedom
"Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas."
Religion
"The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries."
Lawyers
"Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom."
Justice
"Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away."
Hope
"If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong."
America
"I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one."
Friendship
"The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice."
Life
"There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court."
Court
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