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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger

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Publicity is the life of this culture — in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive — and at the same time publicity is its dream. – John Berger

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Capitalism
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John Berger
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Nakedness reveals itself.
Nudity is placed on display.
The nude is condemned to never
being naked.
Nudity is a form of dress. – John Berger

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Nudity
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John Berger
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“Seize the day” drains dignity from “Carpe diem.” – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010, about translation

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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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The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. – Robert Burchfield

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