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Daniel Everett Quotes

Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 26, 1951

Topics

Community Together Building Language

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.

Funny Woman I Am Choice Goal Matter

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

Change Myself Me Writing First Two

Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate.

Time Money People Gold Giving You

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

Men Boy Act Like Expected Them

You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

You President Hearing Going About

Music can be new to you but not new right now. It can be really fun to ask people of different generations what they used to go see.

Music Fun People You Go New

People are earning their living as 'celebrities' without actually doing anything.

People Doing Living Earning Anything

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

Money Someone Lose My Own Own Than

Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.

Challenge Decisions Doing Finding

Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you're stopped in your tracks. That's why it's so important to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be.

Love Yourself Love Yourself Believe

When you go to a college for acting, at least the college I went to, it's like everybody just singing and dancing and acting, and they all come together, and everyone's talking about head shots... It just turned me off. I was like, 'What is this? I don't understand this. People are singing in the hallways.'

Together People College Me Singing

At least is was a victory and at least we won.

Victory Won Least

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