"It would be naÃ¯ve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or not it forms part of the system of grammatical categories, can be conveyed in any language. If a notion is lacking in a given series, it implies a different configuration and not a lack of expressive power."

-- Edward Sapir

#Patterns Quotes #Different Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.”
“The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.”
“A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.”
“Without a rope there is no fear beacuse to fall is unthinkable.”
“Keep honoring God with your life, stay in peace, trust His timing and God will open doors that no man can shut.”

Source : Twitter post from May 3, 2013
“I started work on my first French history book in 1969; on 'Socialism in Provence' in 1974; and on the essays in Marxism and the French Left in 1978. Conversely, my first non-academic publication, a review in the 'TLS', did not come until the late 1980s, and it was not until 1993 that I published my first piece in the 'New York Review.'”
“Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.”
“I'd like it to be a bit of everything, the kind of music you can dance to, but also something a bit more personal, that you can listen to in other contexts. I think it's very important to maintain the contrasts between the different types of music that I make.”

Source : A Ticket To Somewhere Interview, www.atickettosomewhere.com.

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