"No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism."

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Source : Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.281, Walter de Gruyter

Edward Sapir

#Symbolism Quotes #Important Quotes #World Quotes

“Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable.”
“Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.”
“The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.”
“Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted.”
“I am a lolita. I don't believe in growing up. No matter how old I get I remain devoted to ruffles and frills”
“Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.”
“I think that that's always been a real talent of mine is to be able to spot somebody who has that thing that is so non-definable, that thing that I wish I possessed.”
“I'm a very pragmatic soul. I'm part of the business and I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to being an over-believer in spiritual or in paranormal matters.”

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