The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you. ~Max Lucado
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
#quotes #starhawk #politics

Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
#quotes #lynda-barry #children

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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