"Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we can hear spoken sounds and begin to recognize different combinations of language sounds."

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Jeffrey Kluger

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“I lead a very boring life.”

Source : "'All those lines about how fabulous you are... it's rubbish'". Interview with Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2001.
“No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.”
“I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he permits his loss to make him embarrassed and apologetic, he will draw embarrassment from others. But if he gains his own respect, the respect of those around him comes easily.”
“There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans.”
“Letâ€™s hope sheâ€™s like the others, who look only at the surface. Letâ€™s hope sheâ€™d never think that a girl with black-velvet eyes and cut-glass cheekbones could be a witch.”
“Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers, it was nothing like it would be today. It was the Summer of Love and there was a real sense of community among us. We were hippies who looked out for each other instead of trying to rip each other off. We only had to watch out for the police who liked to roust us just on general principles, and the kids who came in from the suburbs to do a little hippie-bashing.”
“Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.”
“Will the future bring your wisdom to me? Or will darkness rule the kingdom for all eternity? You will live in my heartâ€¦ I will still remember even though we are apart. I will feel you there for me As I walk the road of life You help me fight for what is right I will honour thy name”

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