"Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics."

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Source : William Dwight Whitney (1867). “Language and the Study of Language Twelve Lectures on the Principles of Linguistic Science William Dwight Whitney”, p.150

William Dwight Whitney

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“Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.”
“As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.”
“I am as sex-positive as the next perverted bisexual liberal, but I don't think sex-positivity should be solely the domain of any political party or that it means policing others' sexuality or judging it. There's no "better than" or "less than," if that makes sense.”
“Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family back-ground; they are measured by the size of their thinking.”

Source : David J Schwartz (2016). “The Magic of Thinking Big”, p.84, Random House
“Painting is an investigation of being.”

Source : Squeak Carnwath, John Berggruen Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.) (1994). “Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery”
“I believe we are put on this earth to be of service. It's how I find meaning in my life. And it's fun!”
“New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.”
“The difficult thing about shooting a television series is that you never have enough time. You really don't.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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