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I have not tolerated an atheist in the ranks of the SS. Every member has a deep faith in God, in what my ancestors called… — Heinrich Himmler
On the mainland, a rain was falling. The famous Seattle rain. The thin, gray rain that toadstools love. The persistent rain that knows every hidden… — Tom Robbins
Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can deliver these to us. May the Games… — Jacques Rogge
Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand. — Toyo Ito
Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is… — Eric S. Raymond
Besides language and music, mathematics is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind. — Hermann Weyl
We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language — Pat Summitt
We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
Experience is always larger than language. — Adrienne Rich
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences...Language and knowledge are indissolubly connected; they are interdependent. Good work in language presupposes and… — Anne Sullivan Macy
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words. — Niels Bohr
How is it possible to suspend topaz in one cup of the balance and weigh it against amethyst in the other; or who in a… — Ernest Bramah
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. — Humphry Davy
The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with the characters in… — Galileo Galilei
Mathematics is a language — J. Willard Gibbs
It seems that every movie is a remake of something that was better when it was first released in a foreign language, as a 1960s… — Alan Moore
I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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