Kenneth L. Pike Quotes
Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
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There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Studying music in a conservatory would be stifling for me, although I respect people who can do it. And by no means am I an expert at notating music or music theory - that's not really my world.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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I see city finances within the context of an economic strategy... We are going to solve our financial problems by growing the economy, and I have rejected some corners that have called for a slash-and-burn approach, and I've rejected others who have called for raising taxes and leaving government as is.
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Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
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I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.
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Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable.
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To talk to people, I have to spend energy talking to them. If I expend my energy on talking to people and making friends, it takes away from the energy I could focus on getting ready to pitch.
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Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital.
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There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.
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It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.
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People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.
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Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.
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I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.
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One of the things that's often forgotten about drug rehabilitation, it's not a destiny. It's a journey.
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Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
