"We like to assume that language is a purely human property, our exclusive possession, and that everything else is basically mute."

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Source : Interview with Derrick Jensen, www.derrickjensen.org. July 1, 2000.

David Abram

#Assuming Quotes #Language Quotes #Mute Quotes

“You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.”
“The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.”
“Told me my tape taught them to swear. What about the make-up you allow your 12 year old daughter to wear?”
“I just don't see me going through that rehab and coming back to pitch at this point in my life.”
“Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.”

Source : Orlando Aloysius Battista (1981). “Quotoons: a speaker's dictionary”, Perigee
“One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you.”
“It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans.”
“Whether we force the man's property from him by pinching his stomach, or pinching his fingers, makes some difference anatomically; morally, none whatsoever.”

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