"Even if you're a genius and you invent your own language, it doesn't become a language until there are people using it."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Eyvind Kang

#People Quotes #Genius Quotes #Language Quotes

“A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.”
“His native home deep imag'd in his soul.”
“Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.”
“Land and water are not really separate things, but they are separate words, and we perceive through words.”
“And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.”
“Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria.”
“Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.”
“I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and carnage that goes on to make a tablet. Way more than to print a book. Or a bunch of books.”

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