To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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