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Realistically, English is a universal language; it’s the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

In terms of language, yeah we get bleeped and blurred and things, but in terms of content, I would probably say we’re getting away with more here than we could get away with in Britain. And that surprised us so much!

For my part, it was Greek to me.

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.