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![“[Language is] really a pretty amazing invention if you think about it. Here I have a very complicated, messy, confused idea in my head. I'm sitting here making grunting sounds and hopefully constructing a similar messy, confused idea in your head that bears some analogy to it.” quote by Danny Hillis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/danny-hillis-33289_analogies_language-is-really-a-pretty-amazing-inve_753389.jpg)
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