Maryanne Wolf Quotes

After we become literate, we literally 'think differently' about language: images of brain activation between literate and nonliterate humans bear this out.

Maryanne Wolf

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BrainThinkLanguageBecomeBear

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

HideWishesSecretKeepMustFact

We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.

Joel Kinnaman

FamilyGoodMotherPeopleFriends

I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business.

Andrew Tan

GoodBusinessBelieveInvestmentOur

I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.

Andre Leon Talley

DownBuildUpTearPrefer

I find human beings to be so complex and full of beauty. Creativity is our way to express and challenge and flow. So, all you humans, create and flow! I'll be over here thinking you are beautiful and creepy and freaky and wonderful!

Angela Bettis

BeautyBeautifulChallengeCreativity

I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of the thing, it nearly dislocated my hip.

Angus Young

BecauseWeightYoungerTriedHip

I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.

John R. Allen

I CanRiskSeekMuchMitigate

All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interesting and demanding than any I've played before.

Sophie Marceau

InterestingSayWillMoreHonest

I think any time we lose people, it's a hard moment.

Tommy Franks

TimeMomentPeopleThinkLoseHard

I'm from a nice, suburban, middle-class family, but my tattoos remind me where I've been.

Tom Hardy

FamilyMeNiceTattoosWhereBeen

The only burning passion I'm sure I have, is the passion for sex.

Robert Crumb

PassionSexSureOnlyBurning

I was a good college kid, all-American and baseball-playing, living in the dorms with a million barbarians. I did not expect to be claimed by Fitzgerald hook, line, and sinker. 'This Side of Paradise' - that sweet, sophomoric pastiche of notes, scenes, poetry, and plays - I felt like he'd written the book just for me.

Ron Carlson

GoodPoetryCollegeMeSweetBook

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