Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
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I have worked with top directors like Rajamouli and Vinayak and with upcoming directors like Vamsi.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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We have a responsibility to ensure the Palestinian Authority is abiding by U.S. law with total transparency.
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I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can seem regional and small, and of course that's not the case at all when you start to read the work.
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The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
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It might be quite boring if you did something and thought it was perfect.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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I shuddered from stem to stern, as stout barks do when buffeted by the waves.
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In the inescapable flux, there is something that abides; in the overwhelming permanence, there is an element that escapes into flux. Permanence can be snatched only out of flux; and the passing moment can find its adequate intensity only by its submission to permanence.
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You're asking if I'm happy? I've got 87 million in the bank, I've got a Rolls Royce, I've got 3 stalkers, I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City, I'm part of the greatest band in the world. Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more!
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It takes a lot of effort to be vibrant.
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Perhaps wars weren't won anymore. Maybe they went on forever. Maybe it was another Hundred Years' War.
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