Denys Johnson-Davies Quotes
Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times.Denys Johnson-Davies
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
A. B. Yehoshua -
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
Samuel Lover -
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
F. Murray Abraham -
Coffee is a language in itself.
Jackie Chan -
If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
Aaron Diehl
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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.
Flora Lewis -
Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
Frances McDormand -
Mercury is most commonly recognized as a developmental toxin, threatening to young children and fetuses as they develop their nervous system. Prenatal exposure to even low levels of mercury can cause life-long problems with language skills, fine motor function, and the ability to pay attention.
Frances Beinecke -
Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
F. Sionil Jose -
The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.
Maajid Nawaz
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Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
Karl Kraus -
If you can't hear language, you won't be able to understand language and experience normal development. Every minute spent without hearing is a minute a child is not getting back.
Kassie DePaiva -
I first encountered Bradbury's writing when I was pretty young. He's a great bridge author between young-adult fiction and literature.
Sam Weller -
I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.
Carlos Fuentes -
Pomegranate molasses is ubiquitous in Arabic cooking: it's sweet, sour and adds depth.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week.
Malin Akerman -
I don't even think about a retirement program because I'm working for the Lord, for the Almighty. And even thought the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world.
George Foreman -
To be true to a play, you can't add something that takes away from the author's intent.
Jason Robards -
Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn't co-commentate for love nor money. I've tried but I just can't do it, so as an all-rounder I'd say Andy's much better than I am.
Alan Hansen -
I wouldn't recommend [boxing] to any child of mine. I would rather he played golf or something.
Oscar De La Hoya -
Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by developing, over the years, a form of language in which many of the archaisms and cliches that had become fashionable were discarded, a language that could serve as an adequate instrument for the writing of fiction in these times.
Denys Johnson-Davies