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Benjamin Whorf Quotes

Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 24, 1897 - July 26, 1941

Topics

Experience Language Reporting Simply

I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity.

Think Gender Want Sound Activity

People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn't ask anyone else.

Ann-Marie Campbell

People Me Mom Story Know Ask

I remember watching 'Quantum Leap' when I was a kid with my family, so I think that's fun and nostalgic.

Family Fun Think Remember Leap Kid

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

Good Business History Always Through

I don't sit down in front of my computer screen and think, 'Right. Today I shall begin a story set in this or that period of history.' I just get ideas from the world around me.

Today History Me Ideas World Think

We ask for way too much stuff - way too much stuff. You got a job making $100 a year and bought a house for $3 million. Talking about, 'I don't know what happened with the payment.'

Job Talking Year You House Too Much

They have what you call a black night where they have black people come in for just one night only to watch comedy, and you get all your local drug dealers, thugs, prostitutes, all of them come in, sit down, and listen to you tell jokes. They the hardest people to make laugh.

People Night Black Laugh Comedy You

Cake is a very beautiful thing.

Beautiful Cake Beautiful Thing Very

Rich Aurelia was my favorite growing up.

Growing Up Rich Growing Up Favorite

Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.

Me Crazy Think Die Know Never

I am aware that most 27-year-old writers do not co-host galas in their hometowns.

I Am Aware Most Am Writers

If we give something value, it becomes valuable.

Value Something Give Valuable

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