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A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western culture. I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion...

Quotes by Jason Wu

I get excited when I sing in a new language.

Quotes by Javed Ali

Music has no language barriers and this has been proved right several times by the Chennai audience.

Quotes by Javed Ali

One thing I wish I'd been told in school is that my language is valid.

Quotes by Jason Reynolds

Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our slang a certain elegance.

Quotes by Jason Reynolds

I read 'The Young Landlords' and felt almost a chemical change. What I realized while reading that book was that I could write in my voice, use my tongue, my language, my style, and write a story.

Quotes by Jason Reynolds

In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do.

Quotes by Jason Molina

Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.

Quotes by Jason Moore

The 'Stephanie Plums' are very much Jersey books. So you can't get away from attitude and objectionable language.

Quotes by Janet Evanovich

A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.

Quotes by Janet Fitch

Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is learned, like language, by mimicking and remembering.

Quotes by Jane Rule

Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times in which they were created. Unfortunately, previous eras and dead authors often used language or...

Quotes by Jane Smiley

I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

Quotes by Jane Wagner

I see my role as a translator, telling the story that's in the book using the more visual language of film.

Quotes by Jane Goldman

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

Quotes by Jane Goodall

We have language and they do not. Chimps communicate by embracing, patting, looking - all these things. And they have lots of sounds. But they cannot sit and discuss. They cannot teach about things that are not present, as far...

Quotes by Jane Goodall

I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate.

Quotes by Jane Goodall

I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties...

Quotes by Jandy Nelson

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.

Quotes by Jamie Campbell Bower

The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions.

Quotes by James Welch

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Language quotes explore?
This set looks at the limits of ordinary language for describing science, the case for more scientific language in public discourse, feeling outmatched by the sheer size of the English language, and wanting to master the technical language of a craft like directing. If you like exploring how words shape meaning, so is our Like collection.
Is there a quote about language struggling to describe science?
Yes — one quote says, "The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language."
Is there a quote calling for more scientific language in public life?
There is. One quote argues, "More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better." For more ideas along these lines, see our More collection.
Is there a quote about the English language being hard to keep up with?
Yes — one quote admits, "Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head." Shakespeare is famous for exploring love as much as language, and you can see more of that in our Love collection.
Is there a quote about wanting to master a craft's technical language?
Yes — one quote shares, "The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to have the language under my belt." For more reflections framed in first person, see our Me collection.

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