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Quote by Joshua Foer
No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever en

No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any of the more than six thousand languages spoken today. – Joshua Foer

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Our subjective experience of time is highly variable. We all know that days can pass like weeks and months can feel like years, and that the opposite can be just as true: A month or year can zoom by in what feels like no time at all. – Joshua Foer

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Experience
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Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. – Joshua Foer

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Science
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Weve outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that theyre failing us. – Joshua Foer

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Trust
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If you improve a teachers self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teachers overall effectiveness across the curriculum. – Elaine MacDonald

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communication

I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects. – Joshua Lederberg

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communication

My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication. – Rick Springfield

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communication

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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communication

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Our design is so flawed, so take everything and fill the gaps with selfless love. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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Brotherhood

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. – Pablo Picasso

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Art

Every Night and every Morn
Some to Misery are born.
Every Morn and every Night
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Endless Night. – William Blake

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With what all these people are saying, do you think that anybody wants to be around me? They all think that I did this on purpose? That I knew that I was positive, for so many years? I feel now that Im going to be attacked if anybody sees me or if I go to the office. – Marc Wallice

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positive