The first is that it is possible to design computers so that learning to communicate with them can be a natural process, more like learning French by living in France than like trying to learn it through the unnatural process of American foreign-language instruction in classrooms. Second, ...
One of the first words I remember learning in French was ami (friend). Only three letters long, it seemed so simple. On the other hand, the concept of friendship itself can be incredibly nuanced, meaning so many different things in various contexts. To help you talk about friendship in ...
I remain interested in the potential of art, except I've always been more struck by applied modernism than high modernism. It's partly because of feminist theory and being brought up in the '70s, with questioning who is speaking, and why, and what authority they're carrying. —Liam Gillic...
The Good Girl: Directed by Miguel Arteta. With Jennifer Aniston, Deborah Rush, Mike White, John Carroll Lynch. A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant.' Mrs. Blackitt: Well, why don't you? Harry Blackitt: But they - Well, they cannot, 'cause their church never made the great leap out of the Middle Ages and the domination of alien Episcopal supremacy. ...
The late James McNeil Whistler had a French poodle of which he was extravagantly fond. This poodle was seized with an affection of the throat, and Whistler had the audacity to send for the great throat specialist, Mackenzie. Sir Morell, when he saw that he had been called to treat a dog...
Original French in 'La Science en france: Pourquoi la France n’a pas trouvé d’hommes supérieurs au moment de péril', La Revue Scientifique de la France et de l’Étranger Revue des Cours Scientifique (22 Jul 1871), 2, No. 4, 74. Translation as given in Isaac Asimov and Jason ...
— French Proverbs 45 If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you. — Steve Coogan 41 I'm always chasing rainbows, Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain. — Joseph McCarthy 153 If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. — Confucius 110 Whatever you chase will run ...
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will ne...
~ French Proverb I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. ~ Stephen Covey I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. ~ Florence Nightingale I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ...