#which

And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it would take me 12 more books at six years each to get it - which means I would have to live to be 126. Which I fully intend to do, of course. ↗

— George Saunders

#aspirations #books #could #course #each

Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#devices #everyone #far #forms #goes

When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#definite #going #itself #lends #live

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it. ↗

— Edith Schaeffer

#cannot #could #find #insisting #looking

The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#complete #complete mystery #contained #exercise #explained

There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#anyone #ballot #ballot box #ballots #box

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else. ↗

— Solomon Schechter

#civilization #else #himself #his #i

Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as that which in ethics exists between good and pleasure or feeling. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

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There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is where they can find it. The other magazines tend to share their audiences, which may result in each of them having a smaller market share. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#appreciate #audiences #because #each #find

Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

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