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we all begin the process before we are ready, before we are strong enough, before we know enough; we begin a dialogue… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
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I began to analyze the movie [The Day the Earth Stood Still] and said it was really made out of these two… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
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Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
Joyce's writing in Dubliners contains some of the most unshowily beautiful sentences in the English language. I learned from him that if… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of man is the same as the son… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
He that is to govern a whole Nation , must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Mankind; which… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
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I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image
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Dating is like trying to catch a fish. Some guys go to the gym and have huge muscles and six-pack abs, and… — Brandon Wade Copy Share Image
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We Americans, or half of Americans, think health care is a commodity. Other countries view health care as a social service that… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
There are all very different directors. Some are more specific, some are calmer than others when the pressure is on, some use… — E.J. Bonilla Copy Share Image
Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
In Yugoslavia we were told we were not only naive idealists in wanting war criminals to be prosecuted but that we were… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
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Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
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It's easier for me to act in Spanish, but as soon as I get the lines in English and I know them… — Ana de la Reguera Copy Share Image
We celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of America, maybe in different ways and for different reasons. Despite everything that's happened to… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
I was 16 and went straight into the reserves. I had to adapt to the language, adapt to a new country, adapt… — Patrick van Aanholt Copy Share Image
“...being aware that the sacred quality hidden in the experience of eroticism is something impossible for language to reach (this is also… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“ Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda" [modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida] ("I willingly… — Christine Wulff Copy Share Image
![“I began to analyze the movie [The Day the Earth Stood Still] and said it was really made out of these two characters [Nikola Tesla and Leon Teremin] who were brought together. That made it fascinating to me. And especially the language they made up, that Klaatu speaks. Because it has a Latin word…” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0ed/paul-laffoley-7077_character_i-began-to-analyze-the-movie-the-day-the_380205.jpg)
![“Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda" [modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida] ("I willingly want to speak Finnish, [but] I am not able") (found in a German travel journal c.1450)” quote by Christine Wulff](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/50e/christine-wulff-228094_finnish_m-nna-tachton-gernast-spuho-somen-gelen_12051.jpg)
