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“Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.”

Paul Tillich quotes (German born American Theologian and Philosopher, whose discussions of God and faith illuminated and bound together the realms of traditional Christianity and modern culture. 1886-1965)

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“Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.”

Lee Iacocca quotes

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“The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high”

Japanese Proverb quotes

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“Words are some of the most powerful and important things I know....Language is the tool of love and the weapon of hatred. It's the bright red warning flag of danger--and the stone foundation of diplomacy and peace.”

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“Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.”

Martha Graham quotes (American Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer of modern dance, 1894-1991)

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“The (Christian) "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection”

C.S. Lewis quotes (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-1963)

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“That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.”

Dorothy Parker quotes (American short-story Writer and Poet, 1893-1967)

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“Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.”

Charles Scribner, Jr. quotes

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“Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground”

Noah Webster quotes (American Man of letter and lexicographer, known for his American Spelling Book and his American Dictionary of the English Language. 1758-1843)

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