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Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

My time begins with my death.

When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was a tomboy.

Before he had lost his sight, the maester had loved books as much as Samwell Tarly did. He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.

A lot of people fall in love because you're sharing your body with someone. And sometimes you get it twisted, and you think that that's real love.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

I'm convinced we would enjoy life a whole lot more if we could get good at knowing what and who to ignore.

I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.

I think style is being so comfortable and confident in what you're wearing. That's what style is, 'cause everybody's got different style.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people Came and went in continually. And the angels were puzzled To know why the people went thus, And why they stayed so long within.

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.

As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way.

I never had vocal lessons, dance classes, or any of the things my peers had.

Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a year - more than Dad paid his own staff - for inventing cheese recipes and writing leaflets at the Dutch Dairy Bureau in London.

People love gentle larceny.

Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.