"In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain solely the business of a handful of specialists would be a quite unacceptable state of affairs."

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Source : Ferdinand de Saussure (2013). “Course in General Linguistics”, p.8, A&C Black

Ferdinand de Saussure

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“To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just rememeber two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever.”
“...I said I was sorry.â€ â€œBe sorry, then. Just be sorry somewhere else.”
“Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone's saviour.”

Source : Keigo Higashino (2011). “The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel”, p.292, Macmillan
“Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.”

Source : Leland Ryken (2011). “The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing”, p.157, Shaw Books
“While tenderness of feeling and susceptibility to generous emotions are accidents of temperament, goodness is an achievement of the will and a quality of the life.”
“Numbers have dehumanized us. Over breakfast coffee we read of 40,000 American dead in Vietnam. Instead of vomiting, we reach for the toast. Our morning rush through crowded streets is not to cry murder but to hit that trough before somebody else gobbles our share.”

Source : Dalton Trumbo (2007). “Johnny Got His Gun”, p.23, Kensington Publishing Corp.
“Jason felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a rock.”
“Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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