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Image is an international language. -- Marjane Satrapi
Instrumental music can spread the international language. -- Herb Alpert
A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative. -- Edward Sapir
Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions. -- Phil Knight
It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to the heart of the nationalist. -- Edward Sapir
The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it. -- Edward Sapir
Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us. -- Mike Johanns
So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure. -- Edward Sapir
A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities. -- Edward Sapir
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. -- Edward Sapir
Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit. -- Edward Sapir
The theater is a kind of international language, and I like it. But I have a practical bent of mind, too. In any other field, I could make only about a tenth as much as I do acting. That's why I want to be a producer. It pays better, and you have more control. -- Carolyn Jones
Art is an international language, understood by all. -- Igor Babailov
The only international language in the world is a child's cry, -- Eglantyne Jebb
The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language -- Christopher Dawson
The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. -- Christopher Dawson
I have set out to change the language of the international system. -- Clare Short
My feeling is, music is a more eloquent international language than Coca-Cola or McDonalds. -- Paul Horn
Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language. -- Abbas Kiarostami
Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words. -- Billy Connolly
Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures. -- Osamu Tezuka
You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses) -- Rachel Caine
My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies. -- Jean-Jacques Annaud
An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language. -- Peter Farb

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