"Language is a signifier - it points to something. But those somethings change sometimes. Where the line comes down is that change is not in the dictionary first, it's not: change the signifier and the signified will go away."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Kory Stamper

#Going Away Quotes #Things Change Quotes #Language Quotes

“I love books, letters and texts visually as objects, and textually, for their content. The same book I write serves a different purpose when included in an exhibition of mine than when read on its own, outside of it.”

Source : Source: logger.believermag.com
“I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.”
“The first show I ever worked on was The Killing, which was a whodunit crime show.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“the essence of vulgarity seemed to lie in the pretence at being or the attempt to be, something that one really was not, with the resulting lack of ease and dignity and taste.”

Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.9, A&C Black
“Someday you're really going to have to describe to me in more detail what life is like on the planet you live on. Because it sounds really great, and I'd like to visit there one day.”
“Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books”
“Most people recognize me from The Shawshank Redemption, but there is this subculture of people who have collected all 13 episodes of Greg The Bunny. And I'm still close to a number of the creative people, Dan Milano particularly, who created Warren The Ape and Greg The Bunny and all of those characters.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to execute it.”

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