Kenneth L. Pike Quotes
Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
Kenneth L. Pike
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I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.
Landon Donovan
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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.
Iris Apfel
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
Vincent Bugliosi
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
Fat Joe
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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.
Foster Friess
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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.
Naima Adedapo
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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.
Rahm Emanuel
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Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
Barbara Bush
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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.
Vanessa Brown
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Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable.
Halsey
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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.
Zack Greinke
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Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital.
Benjamin Tucker
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I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.
Constance Wu
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Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die.
Mary Matalin
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Obviously the horse can still do things that the gas car can never do, and the gas car will always be able to do things the electric car can't do. But they have really different uses and advantages.
Chris Paine
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Many adult book authors supplement their income by teaching at the college level. Full-time professors fare well, but pay for adjunct professors is notoriously shabby. Children's book authors have a sweeter deal. We're invited by schools, libraries, law firms, and Fortune 500 companies to share our best writing tips and strategies.
Kate Klise
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You need not weep for Tupac, but weep for yourself, because we are left here with these contradictions that we still must face.
Afeni Shakur
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Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
Kenneth L. Pike
