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Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices Quotes: We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.
         

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.


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We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.
         



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This page presents the quote "We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.". Author of this quote is Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices. This quote is about senses, communication, community, thought, speech, cognition, blindness, sociality,.