Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
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With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.
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I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
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The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
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The Florida Jewish community is incredibly important in the primary and will be that important in the general election as well.
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With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.
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I will keep painting until I die.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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I will reveal the secrets behind these doors.
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If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.
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It seems Palestinians can't win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated on a representation that Palestinians are violent and that is why Israel behaves as it does.
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I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.
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To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other.
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Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.
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Coffee is a language in itself.
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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
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I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.
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I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.
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'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just as fascinating as those in front. It's a bit of a dream come true to be a part of the team in some small way.
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Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.
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I started off as a recording engineer and a beatmaker. I was this skater kid that would skateboard to auditions, and then I would use the money I'd make and buy a bunch of equipment and make a bunch of beats. I still am that kid, just with a little more money.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
