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

Other quotes by George Orwell

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface ones own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. – George Orwell

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good
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. – George Orwell

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Virtue
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What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Language

If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Language

Our language is funny — a fat chance and slim chance are the same thing. – J. Gustav White

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Language

We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams

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Language

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The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files. – Timothy Murphy

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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. – Carl Sandburg

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If youve never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, youve got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy. – Robert Wyatt

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Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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