#sue

I was a big and un-ironic fan of Dear Abby when I was a kid in Chicago. I think I sort of internalized her. So I have this inner Abby: cranky, proper, folksy yet scathing, with a beehive hairdo. But that's my issue. ↗

— George Saunders

#big #chicago #cranky #dear #fan

In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#different #general #grammar #inscriptions #instance

I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good. ↗

— Dan Savage

#best #good #i #i think #joining

If what you want is a life where your homosexuality is not an issue, move, as many have done. ↗

— Dan Savage

#homosexuality #issue #life #many #move

The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone. ↗

— Dan Savage

#canadian #civil #equality #front #full

Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#issues #know #major #national #representatives

If Washington continues to fumble issues like taking care of the debt, getting the troops home, and rebuilding our economy, my wife and I may sit down and say, 'These are critical things and maybe we need to get back in the ball.' ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#ball #care #continues #critical #debt

People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people. ↗

— Sydney Schanberg

#huge #issues #national #new #new york

And the big issue here, I think, is that the publisher took over the editorial pages, a guy named Jeff Johnson. He's an accountant from Chicago, doesn't know anything about what newspapers are supposed to be about, and he made a decision to get rid of the column. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#accountant #anything #big #big issue #chicago

That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought process. That has always happened - it's just been intensified. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#appeal #becoming #been #certain #certain ways