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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

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

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

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

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking. ↗

— Ahmad Jamal

#am #finished #i #i am #i do

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way. ↗

— Ahmad Jamal

#big #big problem #caught #down #forget

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. ↗

— Walter Scott

#exact #fewest #greatest #motive #obstacles

I doubt love can do little else, if it cannot bring back people back from the dead. ↗

— James Potter

#love #death