Ngugi wa Thiong'o Quotes
A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.
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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?
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With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.
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Yiddish, originally, in Eastern Europe was considered the language of children, of the illiterate, of women. And 500 years later, by the 19th century, by the 18th century, writers realized that, in order to communicate with the masses, they could no longer write in Hebrew. They needed to write in Yiddish, the language of the population.
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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
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A stylist understands our body language; they know what works and what doesn't. I'm happy this concept has caught on in the South film industry.
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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
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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.
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Coffee is a language in itself.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
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I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.
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I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food!
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I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.
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We speak the love language, they speak from pain and anguish. Some don't love theyselves, so they perception is tainted.
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See what I have to put up with every night?
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The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
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I always wanted to do something related to the camera. When you are young, these are dreams you feel embarrassed talking about. You don't want to be made fun of. That would leave a scar on an young mind.
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A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.
