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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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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