I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.
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People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.
I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine.
I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.
I was always influenced by language.
Language is one component of the human cognitive capacity which happens to be fairly amenable to enquiry. So we know a good deal about that.
I'm very interested in language because it reflects our obsessions and ways of conceptualising the world.
When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language they had. I felt very untalented.
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that.
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.
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