#base

Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their linkage: these are syntagmatic relations, of which I have spoken. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#beautiful #beethoven #elements #i #i think

If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by the dirt on your uniform, mine would have been black. ↗

— Mike Schmidt

#baseball #been #black #could #dirt

We certainly want those at the top to do well, but if you base your entire presidency and your entire economic platform on helping them do even better, you're missing what makes the economy tick. Because not everyone has been as fortunate as Mitt Romney, you cannot base your whole approach on a life experience as rarified as his. ↗

— Charles Schumer

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How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife. You combat him with another firearm. ↗

— Luke Scott

#baseball #bat #club #combat #golf

When I started walking and I looked down and I saw on the floor this water, which looked like, you know, water in your basement except it happened to be in the auxiliary building of a nuclear power plant. ↗

— William Scranton

#basement #building #down #except #floor

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end. ↗

— Tom Seaver

#aim #baseball #consistency #dwell #end

Taking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#ball game #baseball #baseball game #big #game

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth. ↗

— Bud Selig

#american #american youth #baseball #comes #game

Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars. ↗

— Jose Serrano

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