"Written forms obscure our view of language. They are not so much a garment as a disguise."

-- Ferdinand de Saussure

#Views Quotes #Language Quotes #Obscure Quotes

“There are things in the human mind that are not meant to be seen or touched, things seldom even acknowledged by our conscious selves. Fantasies, impulses, rages, hatreds, primitive instincts. They're buried deep, usually, and that's where they belong.”

Source : Kay Hooper (2010). “Stealing Shadows: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel”, p.31, Bantam
“The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.”
“It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.”
“My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.”
“The good thing about this game? There's always tomorrow.”
“I'm so in love, every time I look at you my soul gets dizzy.”
“The first time I spoke publicly about the Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram told me: "Your study is going to take all the ethical heat off of my back. People are now going to say yours is the most unethical study ever, and not mine.”
“If I can't have a revolution, what is there to dance about.”

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