#ring

In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually they could not fail to wonder what exactly these connections showed, and how they should be interpreted in concrete terms. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#comparing #concrete #connections #could #different

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#first #first step #loss #our #repairing

I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#extended #fan #happen #huge #i

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#bush #election #ever #george #george bush

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals. ↗

— Peter Singer

#equals #fact #hard #man #our

We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#between #early #groups #hundred #measuring

The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#communicate #idea #information #original #original idea

There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#action movie #african-american #bringing #cat #coming

I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing. ↗

— Georg Solti

#hope #i #i can #neither #only

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#dismiss #feel #flattering #i #i think