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“He hated this place. He loved it. He resented how it treated him. He still wanted to be a part of it – because it felt so good to be a part of it, to speak to its professors as an intellectual equal, to be in on the great game.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Words tell stories. Specifically, the history of those words - how they came into use, and how their meaning morphed into what they mean today - tell us just as much about a people, if not more, than any other kind of historical artefact.”
― Babel
― Babel
“That's the beauty of learning a new language. It should feel like an enormous undertaking. It ought to intimidate you. It makes you appreciate the complexity of the ones you know already.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Be selfish," he whispered. "Be brave.”
― Babel
― Babel
“You must strive to find your own voice, boys, and the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.”
― Dead Poets Society
― Dead Poets Society
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