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Only Quotes by S I Hayakawa
- Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make…
- If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every student just for…
- People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber,…
- If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your…
- You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.
- It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as…
- In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true…
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