"A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities."

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Edward Sapir

#Sacrifice Quotes #Demand Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Itâ€™s always hard to lose somebody. It leaves a hole in you heart that never grows back.”
“In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend that hopeless, meaningless world, and from somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of an ultimate purpose. At that moment a light was lit in a distant farmhouse, which stood on the horizon as if painted there, in the midst of the miserable gray of a dawning morning in Bavaria. "Et lux in tenebris lucet"-and the light shineth in the darkness.”
“Everything I do that I'm enthusiastic about. This is genuine enthusiasm. If I don't - I mean I've done other projects that I have not been a fan of until I realized I was doing it and I wasn't really there. And I don't do those anymore.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.”
“When I look in the mirror, I see a gentleman getting a little older and a little wiser.”
“I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.”

Source : "Leader Immelman comes under fire", www.cnn.com. May 20, 2004.
“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
“When you feel this knowledge and this spark in yourself, you've gotta continue feeding it. The best thing is to spend time around other wise men, that keeps it burning. That keeps it in every degree sharp as steel, but make sure you absorb enough to find out how it sparks from yourself, how the self starts the self. Once you've got that you should be free. That's freedom, to me.”

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