"Although I don't disagree that utterances express desires and try to make complexities precise, I actually don't think at all that any of our efforts to speak and mean things are ultimately why we speak."

-- Paul Fry

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!”
“Character must be kept bright as well as clean.”
“Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.”
“I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle:benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.”
“Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.”
“Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true?”
“It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.”
“the seed of doubt was there, and it stayed, and every now and then sent out a little root. It changed everything, to have that seed growing. It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.”

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