Quote by John Berger
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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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but. – John Berger

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me its something that theatre can do, but its rare; its very rare. – John Berger

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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud

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Learn a new language and get a new soul. – Czech Proverb

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For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. – Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

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The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. – Anthony Burgess

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