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Quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“Story is a medicine which strengthens and arights the individual and the community.”

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Clarissa Pinkola Estes is an American poet born on January 27, 1945. Her works are characterized by a unique feminine perspective and rich mythological stories, which have won the favor of readers. more

“In the ninth and tenth centuries the Vikings invaded Britain from Scandinavia and settled in large numbers. Their language, which we call Old Norse, was at least partly comprehensible to the English, who did not hesitate to take over hundreds of words from it: skirt, window, scrub, sky, give, hit, kick, scatter, scrape, skill, scowl, score, fellow, want, skin, knife, law, happy, ugly, wrong and even the pronouns they and them.”

Want Giving Law Language Numbers Sky Century Skills Window Skins Fellows Ugly Kicks Britain Score Knives Skirts Large Numbers Vikings Pronouns Norse Scandinavia

Author:Larry Trask

“Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme filmed in the English city of Newcastle, where the local variety of English is famously divergent and difficult, and the televised version was accompanied by English subtitles!”

Long Difficult Cities Company Example Television Long Time Locals Versions Variety Long Time Ago Programmes Divergent Newcastle Subtitles

Author:Larry Trask

“The likelihood is that any English-speaking skier has more words for different types of snow than any inhabitant of Alaska or Greenland.”

Different Type Snow Alaska Likelihood English Speaking Skiers Greenland

Author:Larry Trask

“Yes, I slouch. My mother tells me that.”

Mother

Author:George Clooney

“My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work.”

Life Is Process Results Focused Charitable Charitable Work

Author:George Clooney

“I'm the least metrosexual cat you've ever met. I've never had my fingernails or toenails done, and I've cut my own hair longer than other people have cut my hair.”

People Done My Own Cutting Hair Mets Cat Fingernails Toenails Metrosexuals

Author:George Clooney

“I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing.”

Firsts Sides Cat Tesla

Author:George Clooney

“I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life.”

Should

Author:George Clooney

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