“The war is language,
language abused
for Advertisement,
language used
like magic for power on the planet.”
From Wichita Vortex Sutra (1966)
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Allen Ginsberg 76
American poet 1926–1997Related quotes

“[C has] the power of assembly language and the convenience of … assembly language.”
Quoted in Cade Metz, "Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On", http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect/ Wired, 13 October 2011.
“Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.”

Source: Virtual Mercury House. Planetary & Interplanetary Events, p. 48
Language and the Human Spirit (2003)

From A Note on Poetry (circa 1936) quoted in Modern American Poetry (1950) by Louis Untermeyer
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“Repeat after me: "Obj. magic is not part of the OCaml language."”
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Source: Xavier Leroy (2009-10-28), Post to the Caml mailing list, 2009-10-28 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.caml.general/47389,

As quoted in [Burack, Emily, 10 Writers Capturing The Female American Jewish Experience, https://ew.com/article/2010/09/29/false-friend/, 26 April 2019, The Jewish Week, May 24, 2018]