Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution.

Your brain is not formed when you're born. You have to build your brain.

Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you.

Kids will use their own system at the stage that they are, they're not (learning merely by) imitating you.

We have this enormous connection to the living world that is reflected in our language...

Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals.

Different languages cut the world into different slices.

Human beings are able to reflect on their existencefor now that distinguishes us from other creatures.

I think people should be brave and take a chance and do what excites them.

Her heart the damned thing had begun to race and she only hoped that the rapid inflation and deflation of her chest wasn't visible beneath her fitted bodice.

Desire urges me on, while fear bridals me.

You never wanted me to be real. You never wanted anyone to be. But you didn’t want me to show it. You wanted an act to help your act...

There are always two voices sounding in our ears-the voice of fear and the voice of confidence. One is the clamor of the senses the other is the whispering of the higher self.

My passion should be clear and please know it runs deep within all levels of my consciousness. I feel it. I feel everything.

The hinge is distinctly different, so when you look at it carefully, you recognize that it is its own unique design.

I want to be on stage and perform and win Grammys and help out my family in Bulgaria, because they are struggling, and my mom and dad, too.

English is my second language. Laughter is my first.

There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.

Ignorance fears diversity as an invading enemy, while wisdom welcomes diversity in an alliance of friendship.