Perhaps it is no accident that one meaning of the word express is "to squeeze"-for when you try to "express yourself," your language resources will have to pick and choose among the descriptions your other resources construct-and then attempt to squeeze a few of these through your tiny channels of phrases and gestures. (Marvin Minsky)

Perhaps it is no accident that one meaning of the word express is "to squeeze"-for when you try to "express yourself," your language resources will have to pick and choose among the descriptions your other resources construct-and then attempt to squeeze a few of these through your tiny channels of phrases and gestures.

Marvin Minsky

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