"To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in your head, you can go there anytime, you can close the door, you have a refuge."

-- John le Carre

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“I'm still an Apple person, but let's just say the magic aura is gone. In a way that was a sad thing to lose, but I feel better for it. It's just a machine now, not linked with any greater mission or mystique.”
“The paradigm of physics - with its interplay of data, theory and prediction - is the most powerful in science.”

Source : "The City in Numbers: an Equation That Explains Urban Life". wired.co.uk, March 29, 2011.
“Baseball isn't a life-and-death matter, but the Red Sox are.”
“Breathing will change your life! Breathing is the most important thing you will ever do.”
“I don't like fashionistas. They only wear the brand. You want to become a fashionista? Easy! Spend money.”
“You've already decided what you're going to do, and all that's left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it's your life. Basically, you gotta go with what you think is right.”
“Text is linear; it is black and white; it doesn't zoom around the page in 3-D; it isn't intelligent by itself; in fact, in terms of immediate reaction it is quite boring. I can't imagine a single preliterate was ever wowed at the first sight of text, and yet text has been the basis of arguably the most fundamental intellectual transformation of the human species. It and its subforms, such as algebra, have made science education for all a plausible goal.”
“In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.”

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