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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Chomsky failing at linguistics: "The verb perform cannot be used with mass word objects: one can perform a task but one cannot perform labour. How do I know? Because I am a native speaker of the English language." You can perform magic.

Indeed, his ideas are far from flawless, reason why I'm not a Chomskian myself

But, still...

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Considering the bum wrap South America is given on this site, even facetiously, I'm surprised you'renot more of an advocate. Few have done more to try and show an otherwise benighted public the injustices done to the people of Latin America.

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Originally posted by Meat187 "Chomsky is a clueless leftist twat who has never said anything remotely intelligent in his entire life." - Meat187

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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Calvin Coolidge

Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it.

-raistlin majere.

Not disagreeing, btw

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Originally posted by Lilith Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge

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Originally posted by SkooB_E And I think I picked these two somewhere on TA: Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, you then have a motivated idiot. Happiness is like peeing yourself. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel it's warmth.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. -Stephen Hawking

It's how you walk through the fire. -Charles Bukowski

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -Ernest Hemingway.

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