#posed

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

#constructed #course #criticism #idea #inferiority

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

Even with the best of intentions, even when they're very smart and knowledgeable - as opposed to George W., who is neither - it doesn't seem to matter. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#even #george #george w #intentions #knowledgeable

You're not really supposed to like ABBA in Sweden. It's nerdy. ↗

— Izabella Scorupco

#like #nerdy #really #supposed #sweden

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#children #ever #fitness #important #imposed

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#europe #improve #supposed #until #up

When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#clear vision #how #life #neatly #packaged

After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#business #get #guess #i #like

The hard thing about 'The Saint' was that my character was supposed to die, but then they reshot the ending based on tests and she lives. I created the character based on her dying - she would never have been as innocent otherwise. So I didn't have high expectations for that film. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#based #been #character #created #die

Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#bright #directed #everything #evident #film