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Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

  • -- Carol Shields 卡罗尔·希尔兹

语言是我们的生命。我们是人类，因为我们使用语言。所以我认为当我们使用更少的语言时，我们就更不像人类了。

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A valid question. We know nothing about their language, their history or what they look like. But we can assume this: they stand for everything we don't stand for. Also they told me you guys look like dorks!

一个有效的问题。我们对他们的语言、历史和长相一无所知。但我们可以这样假设:它们代表着我们不代表的一切。他们还说你们看起来像呆子!

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Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down.

词汇有时会被用来混淆视听，但这取决于语言研究的实践者如何将其应用于善而非恶。它就像火一样;火可以加热你的房子，也可以把它烧掉。

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The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction.

在我们这个时代，主权国家已成为人类文明的致命危险，因为技术发展使它能够使用无数种和各种各样的破坏手段。

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Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.

思想的产生具有爆炸性的即时性，就像一个瞬间的诞生。人类的思想就像一个巨大的钟摆;它一直从一个极端摇摆到另一个极端。

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