To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.
Language is a nice way to remember things.
My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak.
Language is fun; it's fun to try.
My dad taught me that language was a powerful tool.
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.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.
Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think.
I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride.
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