Quote by Edward Sapir
A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the

A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services. – Edward Sapir

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Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. – Edward Sapir

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alone
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The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science. – Edward Sapir

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Science
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It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. – Edward Sapir

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The camera fails to capture the business in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for. – Danica McKellar

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Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust – it has a business model that either works or it doesnt. – Marc Andreessen

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And Im not apolitical – Im very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time its nobodys business unless youre over at my house having dinner. – Tom Hanks

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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. – Tacitus

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He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. – Clarence Budington Kelland

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Family law is institutionally anti-male. Ive been lobbying MPs, and Im not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality. – Louis de Bernieres

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