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Malcolm X found the language that communicated across the board, from college professor to floor sweeper, all at the same time, without demeaning the intellect of either. John Henrik Clarke

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The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it. Judith Martin

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Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. June Jordan

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Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations. Jurgen Habermas

Today Religion Disappointment Political Old Language More Fact Over New Authoritarian Offers May Nationalistic Regimes Convincing

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation. Kathy Acker

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Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. Lucille Clifton

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I did three DVD's for 'Baby Einstein,' teaching babies how to sign. It really helps a parent communicate because babies can't talk. But it has been proven that they can communicate using their hands to communicate. So sign language is a great tool in that way. Marlee Matlin

You know what a lima bean does when it's attacked by spider mites? It releases this volatile chemical that goes out into the world and summons another species of mite that comes in and attacks the spider mite, defending the lima bean. So what plants have - while we have consciousness, toolmaking, language, they have biochemistry. Michael Pollan

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us. Mike Johanns

Scientists in different disciplines don't speak the same language. They publish in different journals. It's like the United Nations: You come together, but no one speaks the same language, so you need some translators. Neil deGrasse Tyson

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I think we use a lot of words and labels when trying to describe people: ones with autism, ones without autism. In general, I think that labeling people is a major issue, and people don't understand the power of language. Nikki Reed

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Abstract painting seeks to be a pure pictorial language, and thus attempts to escape the essential impurity of all languages: the recourse to signs or forms that have meanings shared by everyone. Octavio Paz

Language Signs Pure Painting Everyone Seeks Recourse Attempts Shared Abstract Thus Pictorial Escape Essential Forms Meanings Languages

Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt. Peter Agre

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What I try to do is find a language for life. Pina Bausch

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I think our everyday coded language around 'good neighborhoods' and 'bad neighborhoods' is what allows for tremendous violence to happen... When you label a neighborhood 'bad' and avoid it, then you don't know and don't see what goes on there. And there's no human face to interrupt that narrative. Robin DiAngelo

Good You Language Face Think Everyday Tremendous Our Neighborhood Neighborhoods Bad See Know Around Narrative Label Goes Human Happen Human Face Then Avoid Violence Interrupt

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. Roger Babson

Saying Language Nothing Finest Command Often Shown

Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in. Sam Kean

Language Written Genes Like Story

In much of computer science, I can easily 'auto-grade' your work and give you an instant meaningful feedback. I can't do this when it comes to the subtlety of human thought, language, poetry, philosophy. Sebastian Thrun

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I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. Stephen Fry

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Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language. Thomas Friedman

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An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates. Thomas Mann

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It was a big deal to leave home and my culture and my language. But I believed that in America, I could truly reap what I sowed and that the measure of a man was his ability and determination to succeed. This was the land of boundless opportunity. Thomas Peterffy

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