We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Therefore, the two processes, that of science and that of art, are not very different. Both science and art form in the… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
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Unfortunately, I have dedicated great effort to the task of compiling this ‘sensitive words glossary,’ and I have mastered my filtering skills.… — Murong Xuecun Copy Share Image
I think my books give people a language to have a conversation about God that's not religious. There isn't enough new literature… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
One of the problems with any kind of talking about the media landscape is that we've just been through an unusually stable… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
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I believe rhythmic sensibility is always a product and extension of language, defined broadly, among other things. But it is an immediate… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
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Any grand new dictionary ought itself to be a democratic product, a book that demonstrated the primacy of individual freedoms, of the… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
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Conversation is a traffick; and if you enter into it, without some stock of knowledge, to ballance the account perpetually betwixtyou,--the trade… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
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