"Speech is the best show a man puts on."

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Source : Benjamin Lee Whorf, John Bissell Carroll (1964). “Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf”, p.249, MIT Press

Benjamin Lee Whorf

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“Faith sees the opportunity; doubt sees the obstacles. What you see is what you get!”

Source : James MacDonald (2015). “Lord, Change My Attitude: Before It's Too Late”, p.157, Moody Publishers
“When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community. And when enough churches are thriving, you can affect a region, a country, and eventually the entire world with the positive, life-changing power of Jesus Christ and the redeeming and restoring work of his people.”
“Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi or a woman scholar of Christian theology or canon law, the Islamic civilization boasted hundreds of women who were authorities in Islamic law and Islamic theology and that taught some of the most famous male jurists and left behind a remarkable corpus of writings.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“the movie is not a thing which is taken by the camera; the movie is the reality of the movie moving from reality to the camera.”
“I've been in one Derby, and this is my third Belmont. But I've never thought of the fact that I haven't won a Triple Crown race. I'm not like that. I always look at the sunshine of things.”
“Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.”
“It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.”
“All simple souls must admire and respect one another, saying: 'Let us proceed each one along our path to the same goal, united in purpose and by means of God's order which, in its great variety, is in us all.”

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