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Quote by George Orwell
Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual worker

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. – George Orwell

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For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity. – George Orwell

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No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. – George Orwell

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As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. – George Orwell

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Any man who does not make himself proficient in at least two languages other than his own is a fool. Such men have the quaint habit of discovering things fifty years after all the world knows about them — because they read only their own language. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) #bilingual #trilingual

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Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler

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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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English is a funny language; that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway. – Author Unknown

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The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. – Charles Baudelaire

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When youre a houseguest and you leave, its nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, its nice to have made a positive contribution. – Alexander Payne

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I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me. – Rodney Dangerfield

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