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Psychoanalysis is unlikely to be repealed; people are not going to go back to reading novels in order to understand themselves and their lives.
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There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a printed version preferable, or we don't intend to read it, in which case a printed version is absolutely essential.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Geoffrey Nunberg
Born:
June 1, 1945
Died:
August 11, 2020
(aged 75)
Bio:
Geoffrey Nunberg was an American linguist, researcher and an adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information.
Known for:
Ascent of the A-Word (2012)
Talking Right (2006)
Going nucular (2001)
The Way We Talk Now (2001)
The Years of Talking Dangerously (2009)
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