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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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"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."
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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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"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."
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"Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut."
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"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."
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"Language is memory and metaphor."
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"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."
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"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."
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"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."
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"First of all I listen to music. I like music."
Music
"I only want to give a metaphysic for my music."
Music
"Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin."
War
"If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow."
Paris
"For the past ten years I have had no financial problems."
Finance
"I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything."
Music
"I don't use old music."
Music
"It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work."
Home
"I think a composer is always interested in his last work."
Work
"People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years."
Thought
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