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Modern medicine is not scientific, it is full of prejudice, illogic and susceptible to advertising. Doctors are not taught to reason, they are programmed to believe in whatever their medical schools teach them and the leading doctors tell them. Over ...

Abram Hoffer

The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society.

Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings: With Observations on Culture and Language

I just like the feeling of finding the right word in my mind and employing it. I get pleasure from that feeling. I prefer language to gesture. I figured other people might, too.

The Color Master: Stories

The two women switched to their native tongue. Kate tuned them out. She understood only half of what they were saying. As with most Americans, Dutch sounded to her more like a disease of the throat than an actual language

Cop Town

He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking without meaning — is never effaced.

The Education of Henry Adams

...losing a friend is like losing a language, and I miss the one we spoke together.

Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

This was our language: half-truths, obvious lies, accusations neither one of us would ever make. It was a system eery bit as complicated as Morse code or the dancing of bees. Don't ask, don't tell, stay civil.

Every Other Day

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

I would think for hours how strange it was that some parts of words are silent, just like some parts of our lives. Did the people who wrote the dictionaries decide to mirror language to our lives, or did it just happen that way?

The Enchanted

Considering Adrian had once gotten bored while reading while reading a particularly long menu, I had a hard time imagining he'd read the Hugo book in any language.

The Golden Lily

Better than learning how to speak a foreign language, is to start speaking the truth. But few people will listen, because they just don’t understand.

How to put out forest fires with your naked body

Love's language is imprecise, fits more like mittens than gloves.

Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters

A blanket could be used to say I’m sorry without using words, gestures, body language, facial expressions, or telepathy. I’ve always thought it was better to show than tell anyway, so I hope you can forgive me.


Blanket

Our exclusive dependence on rational thought and language has obscured our natural ability to sense the flow of energy.

Brain Wave Vibration: Getting Back Into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life

We each have words for "love" in our languages. What would the world look like if we acted on that one word for humanity's sake?

BlessBack: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth

My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a ...

Odette Annable

Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there's no reason why a...

Avicii

I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the spoken word. I could see this intelligence in his eyes before he could speak: how he could understand what was going on around him and ...

Matt Reeves

I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.

Anne Stevenson

Historically and culturally, New York City and our entire nation simply would not be the same without the infusion of Asian traditions. Whether it is food, art, language or any other facet of cultural life, Asian Americans have made our city and our ...

Nydia Velazquez