If I Spoke No English, My World Would Be Limited To The Japanese-speaking Community, And No Matter How Talented I Was, I Could Never Do Business, Seek Employment Or Take Part In Public Affairs Outside That Community.

-S. I. Hayakawa

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If I Spoke No English, My World

S. I. Hayakawa

If I Spoke No English, My World Would Be Limited To The Japanese-speaking Community, And No Matter How Talented I Was, I Could Never Do Business, Seek Employment Or Take Part In Public Affairs Outside That Community.

Topic

Community

Would Be

Employment

If Everybody Is Rewarded Just For Being Alive, You Get The Same Sort Of Effect As You Do When You Reward Every Student Just For Being Enrolled. You Destroy Not Only Education, You Destroy Society By Giving A's To Everyone. This Is A Philosophical Consideration That Bothers Me Very Much As I Sit In The United States Senate And See The Great Budget Allocations Going Through.

Philosophical

Giving

Society