"The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent."

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Source : Roman Jakobson (1967). “To honor Roman Jakobson: Essays on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, 11 October 1966”

Roman Jakobson

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“What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone.”
“I grew up poor, but I didn't really know it because of amazing places like the Salvation Army where we got a lot of our Christmas presents from.”
“Don't you dare try to apologize." His voice shakes. "This is not something you can bandage with a word or two and some hugging, or something.”
“On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.”

Source : "Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.
“If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbathâ€” our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accidents create Sabbath for us.”

Source : Wayne Muller (2013). “Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives”, p.20, Bantam
“Look. I was a superhero in the '90s. I said so at the time. McCartney, Weller, Townshend, Richards, my first album's better than all their first albums. Even they'd admit that.”
“When we love people but don't make it about us, we're exchanging currency we can use for a while for currency we can use forever.”
“Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.”

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