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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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proverbiosAs long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great. ~Gisele Bundchen
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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