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1 " He can switch from one view to another with frightening ease. I think it is a sign of being accustomed to such power that the truth does not matter because you cannot be contradicted. "
― Anna Funder , Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
2 " Possible explanations for talented language learning fall into two general areas. One view says: What matters is a person's sense of mission and dedication to language learning. You don't need to describe high performers as biologically exceptional, because what they do is a product of practice. Anyone can become a foreign-language expert - even an adult. (...) The other view says: Something neurological is going on. We may not know exactly what the mechanisms are, but we can't explain exceptional outcomes fully through training or motivation. "
― Michael Erard , Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
3 " The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses … "
― Farkas Bolyai
4 " Now I really make the little idea from clay and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it look at it from underneath see it from one view hold it against the sky imagine it any size I like and really be in control almost like God creating something. "