"Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?"

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Melina Marchetta

#Our Words Quotes #Language Quotes #Lost Quotes

“Change begets change.”
“Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience”
“I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.”
“Doubtless, the life of an Irregular is hard; but the interests of the Greater Number require that it shall be hard.”

Source : Edwin A. Abbott, William F. Lindgren, Thomas F. Banchoff (2010). “Flatland: An Edition with Notes and Commentary”, p.72, Cambridge University Press
“Truly disappointment is the guardian deity of human life; she sits at the threshold of unborn time, and marshals the events as they come forth.”
“Today Eratosthenes' method [of calculating the circumference of the earth] seems almost banal ... yet it is inaccessible to prescientific civilizations, and in all of Antiquity not a single Latin author succeeded in stating it coherently.”

Source : "The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why it Had to Be Reborn". Book by Lucio Russo, 2004.
“Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are not themselves members of the middle class, not by a long shot, which means they've searched for other ways to prove to voters that they care about their concerns and understand what middle class workers are going through.”
“Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork -- still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.”

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