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Language is a living thing


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What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?



Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.



These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.



Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers.

Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers.



A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.



A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.



He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group of human beings enjoying its existence.

He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group of human beings enjoying its existence.



The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.



If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.

If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.



Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls.

Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls.





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Inaction only makes a task more daunting in your eye. Act quickly, before you overthink, get anxious or give up.

Inaction only makes a task more daunting in your eye. Act quickly, before you overthink, get anxious or give up.



And please return it. You may think this a strange request, but I find that although my friends are poor arithmeticians, they are nearly all of them good bookkeepers.

And please return it. You may think this a strange request, but I find that although my friends are poor arithmeticians, they are nearly all of them good bookkeepers.



Honestly, he could be adorable, and at the moment she had the feeling he wasn't even trying.

Honestly, he could be adorable, and at the moment she had the feeling he wasn't even trying.



The Internet is ultimately about innovation and integration, but you don't get the innovation unless you integrate Web technology into the processes by which you run your business.

The Internet is ultimately about innovation and integration, but you don't get the innovation unless you integrate Web technology into the processes by which you run your business.



The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.



I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.



I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.

I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.



My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.

My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.



To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.

To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.



When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.

When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.




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This page presents the quote "Language is a living thing". Author of this quote is Gilbert Highet. This quote is about living things, language,.