"National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry."

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Source : Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.118, Univ of California Press

Edward Sapir

#Inquiry Quotes #Language Quotes #Interest Quotes

“As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.”
“Bye, bye! I'm from Colombia! I'm Sofia Vergara!”
“I'm more proud of my upper body. Let's just say I'm a typical female in that way.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.”
“Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss”
“A Thousand Pardons began at the beginning. I wanted it to be one continuous, almost breathless kind of story. In order to do that, it's really hard not to begin at the beginning. There's such a chain of consequence to everything that happens to main characters - it's very hard to break it apart and still be able to hold the plot in your head.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them.”
“No god should ever be invoked to inflict harm.”

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