#real

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#communication #essentially #illusion #imagine #incidental

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#ever #languages #reality #representing #same

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#advantage #attitude #because #constructed #great

The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#difficult #grasp #her #idea #like

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#feels #god #how #learn #love

Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#fed up #get #got #honestly #i

I always thought communism was crap, really. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#communism #crap #i #i always #really

I feel really ambiguous about the psychology of people trying to do good in the world. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#ambiguous #feel #good #i #i feel

I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#humour #i #i think #ideas #kind

I'm distinct, really. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#i #really