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— George Oppen

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"As I understand, or as I hallucinate conceptual space, nearly all form in conceptual space is language, I might even say all the form in non-conceptual space is language, I’m not even sure of what the…"

— Alan Moore

Literature1953

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"One of the signs that enable us to recognize the few great men who have lived in the world is this: they are nearly always able to state in clear, simple and concise language what they want to convey …"

— Robert Hunter (author)

1824–1897

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"Throughout, the work of Tyndale formed the foundation, and more than anyone else he established the rhythms and furnished much of the language which is familiar to us in the Authorised Version."

— Frederic G. Kenyon

Politics1863–1952

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