"But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was sometimes a factor, through the behavior of people, in the start of a fire."

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Source : Benjamin Lee Whorf, John Bissell Carroll (1964). “Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf”, p.135, MIT Press

Benjamin Lee Whorf

#Fire Quotes #People Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.”
“I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.”
“He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.”
“Sometimes you need to live with a painting for a while. Starting a painting can be easy, but finishing it... that's the skill of the painter, how you finally know when it's done.”

Source : Interview with Michel Auder, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2009.
“I'm somewhat antagonistic towards these various projects that charge $250,000 per person for the ability to be weightless for 3 minutes after being brought up from earth. I think there are such better uses for that money that i seriously question the ethics of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on space flights for extremely wealthy people.”
“It is Love that will save our world and our civilization.”
“You've got to remember that it's a two horse race. So when the Government is doing badly the Opposition is doing better and vice versa.”
“I believe in our culture we need certain socially accepted places where we donâ€™t answer the telephone, we donâ€™t have to answer questions or agree with anyone on anything”

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