"The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant."

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Source : Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.282, Walter de Gruyter

Edward Sapir

#Attitude Quotes #Men Quotes #Independence Quotes

“The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.”
“Chris Nielsen: Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts, for your sweetness. For how you always looked, for how I always wanted to touch you. God, you were my life. I apologize for everytime I ever failed you. Especially this one...”
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
“The struggle of our people for freedom has progressed to the form where all of us must take a stand either for or against the freedom of our people You are either with Your People or against them. You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.”

Source : Speech in San Francisco, 1968
“Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.”

Source : "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.
“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”
“There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that's about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening.”
“[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.”

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