Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

语言学必须认识到在语言中普遍存在的规律,并以严格理性的方式,将普遍现象与局限于语言某一分支的现象区分开来。

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It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident that we could handle this.

有趣的是,从一开始,我们并没有因为合作而变得更加紧密和受限制,奇怪的是,我们实际上对自己能够处理这个问题更有信心。

I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.

作为司法部长,我不能这么做。为什么?因为他们是我的客户。你不能说当你是司法部长的时候他们没有做他们应该做的事。

I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.

我害怕成为普通人。我真的很害怕成为另一个后卫。

My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.

总的来说,我的家庭——他们都是有问题的或者更穷的人。

I was never restricted. I was never told what to do.

我从不受限制。从来没有人告诉我该做什么。

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

看得远是一回事,去得远是另一回事。