"Speech sounds can be analyzed into fundamental units called phonemes; these move around like protozoa in a drop of water, and, like protozoa, join together and split up."

-- L. Sprague de Camp

#Moving Quotes #Water Quotes #Together Quotes

“My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.”
“How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance.”
“My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.”
“In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death.”
“There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.”
“But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.”
“You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest.”
“I think that there's something really special about doing a series. You get inside the skin of that character 'cause it's such a long time.”

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