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Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#central #even #language #made #meaning

The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and trivial interpretations because phonemes are complex entities, bundles of different distinctive features. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#because #complex #different #distinctive #each

I used to make up names when I used to catalog my stuff. ↗

— Richard D. James

#i #make #make up #names #stuff

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians. ↗

— Richard D. James

#best #considered #musicians #never #people

You’re fucking special and if I want to act all possessive over you when some stupid art guy hits on you right in front of me, I’m going to. Either that or I’m going to have Ethan chase him down right now so I can punch him in the face. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#love #possesiveness #art

Jump or stay in the boat. ↗

— Margaret Stohl

#decisions #ethan-wate #lena-duchannes #beauty

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#anybody #career #done #feel #follow

A real democracy would be a meritocracy where those born in the lower ranks could rise as far as their natural talents and discipline might take them. ↗

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

#inspirational #education

I never thought we'd catch him, and when I saw he was ready to drop I felt sorry for him. I wanted to show it's not true I'm trying to win it all. My goal is the Tour of Spain. ↗

— Laurent Jalabert

#drop #felt #goal #him #i

It's true that this year, following my accident in the pre-season, I kind of lost morale and I felt like quitting at the end of this year. But today I can say that I want to be a professional bike rider in the year 2003 as well. ↗

— Laurent Jalabert

#bike #end #felt #following #i