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Edward Sapir Quotes

The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the idea of a constructed language.

Edward Sapir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 26, 1884 - February 4, 1939

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Criticism Language Score Idea Course

'Feel It Still' came around pretty much as organically as you can put a song together.

John Gourley

Together Song Feel You Pretty Still

Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.

John Millington Synge

Men Speak Think Fair Different Many

I don't have a visa for the U.S., and I don't want to apply for one. And I don't want to fly for that long.

Jean-Luc Godard

Fly Long Want Visa Apply

That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast.

Michael Berryman

Rain Ocean Forest Down Earth Stop

In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years, but many were already unhappy and restive.

Stephen Kinzer

Reach Unhappy Years Despair Would

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.

Sun Tzu

Men Victory Better Army Who Goes

Football has been my life.

Sid Gillman

Life Football My Life Been

The importance of art is in the process of doing it, in the learning experience where the artist interacts with whatever is being made.

Roy Lichtenstein

Learning Art Experience Doing Artist

The characters I'm most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You don't see them regularly anymore, but you still love them and keep in touch.

Mary Doria Russell

Love Friends You Touch See Leave

Scorsese's been a hero of mine since I was young. If you saw 'Swingers,' you know I was definitely fixated on his body of work.

Jon Favreau

Work Hero You Body Know Young

During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.

Dionne Warwick

Music Time Career Disco Play Radio

I've dressed what fashion thinks of as the 'It' girls like Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, but I also just love people like Kathy Bates and Leslie Jones.

Christian Siriano

Love People Fashion Dressed Just