"Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations."

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Source : Edward Sapir (2014). “Language”, p.235, Cambridge University Press

Edward Sapir

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“But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...”
“I said: "A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces". In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say: "I am a tiger". When you pass where the tiger has walked before, you see the skeleton of the duiker, you know that some tigritude has been emanated there.”

Source : "Neo-African Literature: A History of Black Writing". Book by Janheinz Jahn, 1968.
“Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly.”
“I'm four and a half years older than my sister - it's an interesting age difference. Growing up it feels like a big rift. Then you get older and you realize it's not. But for a while there, we really didn't have much to do with each other - mostly because I should have been a better older brother. I'm making up for lost time. I want that in print so she can read it.”
“This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour.”
“Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.”
“At Sun, we have a special number you can call if there is something important happening.”
“How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God.”

Source : Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby, Claude V. King (2008). “Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God”, p.209, B&H Publishing Group

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