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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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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Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
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We want the big stories, of course, of the great men, but there's as much drama and interest and lessons to be learned in actions that people like us take on a daily basis.
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I know who I am.
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London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists making all types of work, but it got to a point where the social aspect became claustrophobic.
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