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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered

Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust. – William James

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Universe, The
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William James
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We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James

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Poverty
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William James
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Language
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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley

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Language

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. – George Orwell

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Language

Words want to be free! – Anonymous

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Language

Verbing weirds language. – Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

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Language

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Without Arthurs voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. – Paul Simon

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A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. – Morris Fishbein

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Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. – Arthur Koestler

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