Alex Scarrow Quotes

It was easy enough to invent theological-sounding passages, provided you used the right language. Most people presumed you were quoting something too obscure for them to recognise.

Alex Scarrow

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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

Vikram Seth
- English
- Language
- Novels
It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?

Hanif Kureishi
- Work
- Real
- Me
Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it.

Orhan Pamuk
- Way
- Language
- Feel
It seems Palestinians can't win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated on a representation that Palestinians are violent and that is why Israel behaves as it does.

Randa Abdel-Fattah
- Why
- Peace
- Language
To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other.

Florence King
- Good
- Language
- Achieve
Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

Harrison Salisbury