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Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)

“The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.”

Language Interest Four Built Army British Indian Empires Division English Language Englishmen Pillars Builder

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.”

Knows Language Millions India British Symbols Village Revenue English Language Policemen Englishmen Collectors British Rule

Book:The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion

Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion

“It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.”

Language India Method Democratic Britain English Language Englishmen

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.”

Ifs Want Mean Language My Own India Extinction English Language Englishmen Disappearance

Book:The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words

Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words

“It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.”

Moments Language Mankind Dignity Hatred India English Language Englishmen Single Mom Derogatory

Book:Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

“If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?”

Ifs Language Officials Why Not Kill Me English Language Englishmen

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?”

Ifs Thinking Fall Language India England France Germany Ruined English Language Englishmen Deliverance

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.”

People Has Beens Language Claims British English Language Lifelong Englishmen Disinterested

Book:Gandhi: Selected Writings

Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings

“My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.”

Language Attitude British English Language Englishmen My Attitude Friendliness

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.”

May Facts Hate Fighting Language Appreciate British Treasure Rulers English Language Englishmen

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Man can only describe God in his own poor language.”

Men God Language Poor

Book:The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts

Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts

“Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways.”

Men Way Humans Language Mankind Human Language

Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

“Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.”

Giving Language Moral Air Morality Ethics Aim Instruments Satan Respectability

Book:Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

“A satyagrahi is sometimes bound to use language which is capable of two meanings, provided both the meanings are obvious and necessary and there is no intention to deceive anyone.”

Two Sometimes Use Language Capable Intention Bounds Obvious Deceiving Satyagraha Two Meaning

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman.”

Men Language Women Half Reasoning Men Women Parity

Book:The Role of Women

Source: The Role of Women

“Before we got engaged, he never farted. Now it's a second language.”

Humor Funny Language Engaged

Author:Caroline Rhea

“One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite a small vocabulary and really no conceptual or abstract thinking. That's an issue. If you've got a wide vocabulary, you can learn. The complexities of grammar, in themselves, force you to think about time in a particular way. Force you to widen your outlook on the world.”

Ifs Thinking World Way Problem Language Force Levels Issues Particular Tvs Lows Wide Abstract Complexity Vocabulary Outlook Grammar Watching Tv Low Level Abstract Thinking

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“The best language is always found in books because it's considered. It's a high language. Sometimes, it is complex and difficult. It's empowering and offers a way to speak about yourself that you don't have if all you are doing is reading the newspaper and watching TV.”

Ifs Way Book Sometimes Reading Found Speak Language Difficult Tvs Offers Complexes Newspapers Empowering About Yourself Watching Tv

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“In the mainstream film market, certainly in television, sex is handled fairly discreetly. I think the abuse of extraordinarily graphic violence and language presses much closer to the tolerance of public taste.”

Thinking Film Language Sex Violence Television Taste Abuse Presses Tolerance Mainstream Graphic

Author:Charlton Heston

“What I search for continuously in my art is adequate language, language I hope can stand beyond any particular occasion. What I'm finding is that in our increasingly dysfunctional U.S. society, marvelous poetry is being written - out of and amid the dysfunction.”

Art Language Written Particular Findings Art Is Occasions Poetry Is Marvelous Adequate Dysfunction

Author:Adrienne Rich

“Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.”

Important Culture Language Chance Love Is Powerful Successful Notion Being Successful Most Powerful Power Of Love Important Words Culture And Language

Author:Bill Walton

“MY ACT IS 'NOTHING BUT COMEDY. I TALK SOUTHERN BECAUSE I PICKED IT UP WHEN I MOVED TO THE SOUTH. IM NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANY SOCIAL POLITICAL POINT, NOR AM I TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF REDNECKS. I GREW UP A COUNTRY KID AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE. I GREW UP WITH PEOPLE THAT SAID CERTAIN THINGS FUNNY AND I PREFORM USING THE SAME LANGUAGE BECAUSE I FIND IT HYSTERICLE. THATS IT. ITS A COMEDY SHOW THAT IS FUNNY AND THATS IT.”

People Trying Said Country Shows Kids Political Certain Language Fun Social Comedy Grew Grew Up Moved South Southern Redneck Comedy Shows

Author:Larry the Cable Guy

“I LOVE WAL-MART. I CONSIDER MY JOKES TO BE VERY JEUVINILLE. STUFF A 14 YEAR OLD WOULD LAUGH AT BECAUSE THATS THE SENCE OF HUMOR I HAVE. ALL THE STUFF I TALK ABOUT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR CHURCH GROUPS HOWEVER WAL-MART AINT SUNDAY SCHOOL. AS LONG AS I DIDNT USE OFFENSIVE FOUL LANGUAGE I KNEW ID BE FINE. WAL-MART GETS IT, THATS WHY THEY BLOW AWAY THE COMPETITION. BESIDES ITS THERE STORE THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. THATS AMERICA BABY!”

Want Years May Long Use School America Language Stuff Can Do Church Laughing Groups Baby Fine Jokes Competition Blow Stores Appropriate Sunday Offensive Foul Sunday School Foul Language

Author:Larry the Cable Guy

“Genitive is a funny word because it means "from," but it also is the gender in European languages for objects: the masculine, feminine, and neuter. So if you have a genitive present, there's room for everybody to fit in. I just did a project in Vienna about rock, paper, scissor; you change the gender and it simply changes the whole thing. Rock is no longer a male. It doesn't function the same way.”

Ifs Way Mean Whole Language Rooms Rocks Objects Fit Paper Projects Function Males Gender Feminine Masculine Vienna

Author:Lawrence Weiner

“Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.”

People Knows Way Doe Helping Body Language Responsibility Clear Doctors Tests Assuming Response Treatment Physicians Precise Witchcraft Jargon

Author:Ann Richards

“Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn't care about politics or boundaries.”

Might Care Culture Language Boundaries Dialect

Author:Geoff Zanelli

“The writer, in order to proceed, is theoretically trying to predict where his complex skein of language and image has left his reader, who he has likely never met and who is actually thousands of readers.”

Trying Order Left Language Reader Mets Complexes

Author:George Saunders

“I discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything.”

Ifs Children Language Accepting Reader

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Jay-Z is more naturally gifted. He didn't depend as much as 50 did on his personal story. Jay-Z has a great story, he came from a pretty rough background. But 50's early success was so much fueled on the story and where he came from. With Jay-Z, I feel he has a more natural gift for language and for music itself. 50 really had to study and work at it much harder.”

Feels Stories Language Natural Study Depends Harder Backgrounds Rough Gifted Natural Gifts Personal Stories Study And Work

Author:Robert Greene

“When I hear real faithful people - whether it's a real Christian, or a real Buddhist, or a real Muslim - I hear them use the language I use for a friend. So my metaphor for God is friend.”

People Real Use Christian Language Metaphor Buddhist Faithful Real Buddhist

Author:Patch Adams

“I'd like to learn French well enough to write in that language.”

Writing Wells Enough Language

Author:Stephen King

“You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well.”

Writing Wells Language Language Words

Author:Elie Wiesel

“For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be.”

Language Economic Skills Safety Being The Best Multiple

Author:Jim Rohn

“I used to want to be a computer programmer when I was younger. We got an Apple II Plus when I was, like, 11 and I wrote programs and BASIC on that, like I think a lot of people did, but I have no idea how to program in the current languages at all.”

People Thinking Want Ideas Used Language Computer Program Currents No Idea Apples Plus Programmers Computer Programmers

Author:Chris Parnell

“When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts.”

Love Heart Speak Language Simple Acceptable Heart Love

Book:The Christian Science Journal

Source: The Christian Science Journal

“Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are. By using bad language, we diminish the divine spark within us that defines our humanity.”

Way Want Wisdom Humanity Language Wise Divine Communicate Who We Are Sparks Diminish Bad Language

Book:The Ten Commandments: The Significance of God's Laws in Everyday Life

Source: The Ten Commandments: The Significance of God's Laws in Everyday Life

“The great minds, the great works transcend all limitations of time, of language, and of race, and the scholar can never feel initiated into the company of the elect until he can approach all of life's problems from the cosmopolitan standpoint.”

Feels Mind Problem Language Race Company Teaching Approach Limitation Scholar Great Work Standpoint Great Minds

Book:Osler's

Source: Osler's

“Our biggest technology that we ever, ever invented was articulated language with built-out grammar. It is that that allows us to imagine things far in the future and things way back in the past.”

Way Past Language Technology Imagine Built Grammar

Author:Margaret Atwood

“And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino culture, we must recognize that this is a coherent culture, too. I think deafness is a disability for social constructionist reasons.”

Ifs Thinking World Reason Culture Found Language Social Wonderful Gay Disability Latino Deafness Sign Language Wonderful World Jewish Culture Gay Culture Latino Culture

Author:Andrew Solomon

“With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.”

Children Said Language Parent Assuming

Author:Andrew Solomon

“In Europe, even more so than in national politics, we have to follow the principle laid down by Martin Luther: Use language that the people will understand, but don't just tell them what they want to hear.”

People Want Use Language Principles Europe Luther

Author:Jean-Claude Juncker

“I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use to see where those things exist, but if you don't have anyone speaking anymore, those things are still there. The things that language stands for do not require humans, and in fact are often trampled down by humans.”

Ifs Thinking Humans Stills Facts Use Language Series Layers Entity

Author:Blake Butler

“I'm not an escapist, but the value of language is that it can create places that did not exist before. And so language for me doesn't reflect the world, it extends the world, so that it becomes larger and more fantastic and less mired in this school shooting bullshit. It actually builds a future - that's how evolution occurs.”

World School Values Language Evolution Fantastic Shooting Bullshit Escapists School Shooting

Author:Blake Butler

“Magic and art tend to share a lot of the same language. They both talk about evocation, invocation, and conjuring.”

Art Language Magic Share Conjuring Invocation

Author:Alan Moore

“Literature is always something - it is either story or poetry, ideally both. That is, you always know what it is and even if the interpretation is not available, the experience of language is.”

Ifs Knows Stories Literature Language Available Interpretation

Author:Aleksandar Hemon

“Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.”

Thinking Stories Humanity Language Process Available Inherent

Author:Aleksandar Hemon

“I want a book to contain a world - indeed the world. Writing is my main means of engagement with the world and I want the scars of that engagement to be left in the language.”

World Want Writing Mean Book Left Language Engagement Scar

Author:Aleksandar Hemon

“As long as there are living human beings, there will be language and stories.”

Humans Long Stories Language Human Beings Being There

Author:Aleksandar Hemon

“My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end.”

Ends Stories Language Plot Controlled

Author:Barry Hannah

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