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“Imagine a young Isaac Newton time-travelling from 1670s England to teach Harvard undergrads in 2017. After the time-jump, Newton still has an obsessive, paranoid personality, with Asperger鈥檚 syndrome, a bad stutter, unstable moods, and episodes of psychotic mania and depression. But now he鈥檚 subject to Harvard鈥檚 speech codes that prohibit any 鈥渄isrespect for the dignity of others鈥�; any violations will get him in trouble with Harvard鈥檚 Inquisition (the 鈥極ffice for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion鈥�). Newton also wants to publish Philosophi忙 Naturalis Principia Mathematica, to explain the laws of motion governing the universe. But his literary agent explains that he can鈥檛 get a decent book deal until Newton builds his 鈥榓uthor platform鈥� to include at least 20k Twitter followers 鈥� without provoking any backlash for airing his eccentric views on ancient Greek alchemy, Biblical cryptography, fiat currency, Jewish mysticism, or how to predict the exact date of the Apocalypse.
Newton wouldn鈥檛 last long as a 鈥榩ublic intellectual鈥� in modern American culture. Sooner or later, he would say 鈥榦ffensive鈥� things that get reported to Harvard and that get picked up by mainstream media as moral-outrage clickbait. His eccentric, ornery awkwardness would lead to swift expulsion from academia, social media, and publishing. Result? On the upside, he鈥檇 drive some traffic through Huffpost, Buzzfeed, and Jezebel, and people would have a fresh controversy to virtue-signal about on Facebook. On the downside, we wouldn鈥檛 have Newton鈥檚 Laws of Motion.”
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Newton wouldn鈥檛 last long as a 鈥榩ublic intellectual鈥� in modern American culture. Sooner or later, he would say 鈥榦ffensive鈥� things that get reported to Harvard and that get picked up by mainstream media as moral-outrage clickbait. His eccentric, ornery awkwardness would lead to swift expulsion from academia, social media, and publishing. Result? On the upside, he鈥檇 drive some traffic through Huffpost, Buzzfeed, and Jezebel, and people would have a fresh controversy to virtue-signal about on Facebook. On the downside, we wouldn鈥檛 have Newton鈥檚 Laws of Motion.”
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“He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the while he'd been terrified every time he'd opened his mouth.”
― The Duke and I
― The Duke and I

“Why would someone for whom talking was torture want to talk all the time before thousands of Athenians? Because otherwise he鈥檇 have drown himself at high tide. My sister- so shy, so sincere- once wanted to be an actress. The best jazz drummer I鈥檝e ever heard had only one arm. We all choose a calling that鈥檚 the most radical contradiction of ourselves.”
― Dead Languages
― Dead Languages

“Words cannot only be made... But made to have a meaning, free the tongue and continue your speech.”
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“Even a brain that memorizes books after one reading doesn鈥檛 make it fair if you stutter before the High-Grades, if you can鈥檛 speak in a world that run with voice, if you can鈥檛 master words when they say: the universe began with words.”
― The High Auction
― The High Auction

“While racial minorities across every civilized country in the world are still waiting for their break, our kind (stutterers) became emperors (i.e., Claudius) and kings (i.e., George VI) for thousands of years. Imagine how well we鈥檙e doing for ourselves now.”
― Businessman With An Affliction
― Businessman With An Affliction

“His stutter didn't like the idea of wooing and silenced any attempts to broach the subject.”
― The Inferior
― The Inferior
“I haven't got a clue on how to love you like a lover should, how to make you happy or even how to make you stay. I hardly grasp the essence of desire and true affection scares me more than it should, but know that every stutter, every shy glance, every hesitant touch, come from someone who believes in you and I.”
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“Finishing off someone鈥檚 sentence is annoying, even if you have guessed correctly. Add to that rude, if they stutter.”
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“A first recorded instance of 鈥減resentation anxiety鈥� occurred around 1300BC when God commissioned Moses to urge Pharaoh to free the Hebrew slaves. 鈥淧lease send someone else!鈥� pleaded Moses to God. 鈥淚'm a nobody. I'm not eloquent. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.鈥� Perhaps he stuttered.
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh 鈥� and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land 鈥� he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses鈥� story reveals an important truth 鈥� the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed 鈥渘obody鈥�, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh 鈥� and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land 鈥� he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses鈥� story reveals an important truth 鈥� the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed 鈥渘obody鈥�, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out

“There is more to stuttering than the mere repetition of words and phrases. And more to anxiety than just being nervous.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“Everybody stuttered, but the fellow who stuttered too much was called a stutterer.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“Stuttering was such a huge blow to the psyche, such that you felt like you had won a trophy if you spoke and did not stutter.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“The enigma of stuttering is profound. For in a moment, you would sound very fluent, and at other times, you would struggle to utter even a word.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“The more conscious you are of your stutter, the more likely you are to stutter.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“When your stutter is chronic, you wonder what magic fluent people use that makes them sound so fluent.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“A stutter knows exactly when to hide, and when to emerge. It knows pretty well how to ruin a perfect conversation.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia
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