Noreena Hertz Quotes
Language is too complex for a computer to understand. It's not going to be able to make sense of what people are saying en masse. We need a new type of discipline that puts together computer scientists and social scientists, who can add context to the situation.
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.
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Perhaps if all the peoples of the world understand what war really means, we would eliminate it.
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It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.
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I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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If you can't hear language, you won't be able to understand language and experience normal development. Every minute spent without hearing is a minute a child is not getting back.
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Opinions of language are as interesting as opinions of arithmetic.
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My dad always made sense. My dad was only wrong when I didn't understand him. Had I listened to him, my life would have been so much easier.
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Cancer is the ugliest, scariest, most dreaded word in the English language. My credentials for saying so? Head-to-head, firsthand close encounters with different versions of the fiendish devil.
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And understand: class differences will not save you.
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Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.
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About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
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We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
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When Leslie spoke, the words rolled out so regally, you knew she was a proper queen. He could hardly manage English, much less the poetic language of a king.
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The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.
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It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.
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'Saawariya' was my debut film. It will always be the most special film.
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Do not paint a picture either of God or the devil on your walls: this will ruin both your walls and the atmosphere.
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We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.
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Language is too complex for a computer to understand. It's not going to be able to make sense of what people are saying en masse. We need a new type of discipline that puts together computer scientists and social scientists, who can add context to the situation.
