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Gilbert Highet

"Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating."

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"Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating."

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Donna Grant

"All our words from loose using have lost their edge."

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Donna Grant

"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."

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Donna Grant

"'Mean to' don't pick no cotton."

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Donna Grant

"If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend."

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Donna Grant

"Putting it into words will destroy any meaning."

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Donna Grant

"Why people use "Was" I have heard some people to say "I was a smart kid at school - Eminem", but why "Was", was is a word for describing the past... which will mean that has started and ended... so what??? How to get it now? You aren't wise, are you?"

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Donna Grant

"Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty."

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Donna Grant

"Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing."

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Donna Grant

"We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors, is what I mean. But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters."

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Donna Grant

"Language is a tool for communicating and not a barrier to writing."

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Gilbert Highet
"A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health."

Health

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Gilbert Highet
"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves."

Books

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Gilbert Highet
"Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating."

Language

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Gilbert Highet
"The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul."

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Gilbert Highet
"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death."

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Gilbert Highet
"What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?"

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Gilbert Highet
"The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching."

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