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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a begga

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

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With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows. – Antonin Artaud

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However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself. – Antonin Artaud

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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. – Samuel Johnson

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

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Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us. – Julia Penelope

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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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