"You couldn't have human society without language."

-- John Maynard Smith

#Language Quotes #Humans Quotes

“If I ain't learning, it ain't fun.”

Source : "How World of Warcraft Could Save Your Business and The Economy" by John Seely Brown, bigthink.com.
“Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.”

Source : "'The culture of independent film criticism has gone down the drain'". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. January 10, 2000.
“I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.”
“A sentence is born into this world neither good nor bad, and that to establish its character is a question of the subtlest possible adjustments, a process of intuition to which exaggeration and force are fatal.”

Source : Rachel Cusk (2015). “Outline: A Novel”, p.21, Macmillan
“I find that the dead-end route is to try to describe what's going on in your mouth.”
“I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was headed back east to study music, and if I hadn't been intrigued with the Native American flute, I suppose I'd now be jockeying for first chair of the brass section of some orchestra, or perhaps I'd be teaching music in a school system.”
“I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people have worn out my books, or that they're held together by Scotch tape.”
“If you think you are working hard, you can work harder. If you think you are doing enough, there is more that you can do. No one really ever exhausts his full potential.”

Source : Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.37, U of Nebraska Press

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