"Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule to which all freely consent."

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Source : Ferdinand de Saussure, Wade Baskin (2011). “Course in General Linguistics”, p.71, Columbia University Press

Ferdinand de Saussure

#Communication Quotes #Law Quotes #Community Quotes

“Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.”
“My current works are abstracts cunningly disguised as landscapes. It is the Canadian way.”
“Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”
“When I see that the clothes are sold the day they debut in some cases, I fear we are going to kill the invisible side of fashion, the mystery. Now with the industry, it's getting a bit difficult to create any mystery. But it's quite an interesting period. It's a bit chaotic.”

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“I don't really have a set-in-stone process or formula. Sometimes the melody is there and I have to chase down the lyrics. Sometimes, the song is there and I have to make the melody fit. What I've learned so far about songwriting is that I can't force a song. If I try to do that, it's hollow, and people know a hollow song when they hear it. It's the song they stop listening to and forget about. I'd prefer not to write those kinds of songs.”
“As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.”
“Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.”
“You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses. I think for me it's about what you leave out [rather] than what you put in. I'm not sure that the songs help me figure anything out so much as they're a distillation of the original question.”

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