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Acquiring a
language is infinitely more than learning new words, conjugations and grammar
rules,
it is all about opening doors to art, history and… future business
and employment opportunities.
Quotes and Comments
I wanted to share those photos on the website. They convinced me that language
study exposes us
not only to increased employment opportunities, but to an enhanced quality of
life.
Language study brings with it an appreciation for diversity and enables us to
think,
to compare and to invent. Difference is stimulating. Just as English is used in
dozens of countries,
from the world's largest democracy, India, to others in Africa, America and
England...
French is not limited to France, of course, and Spanish is an open door to over
20 countries.
There are so many ways of living these languages!
“As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never
left
his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability
to scrutinize
more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.”
Margaret Mead, anthropologist
“The mere pleasure of travel in an unexplored country is very great… the effect
of travel on a
man is that the mind is made more self-reliant; more confident of its
resources.”
David Livingstone, English author
“The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days
trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.”
Jack London, American author and adventurer
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