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Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language. — Roman Jakobson
It is reported from the famous worshiper Rabi'ah al-Adawiyya (radiAllahu anha) that she said: "I have never heard the adhaan except that I remember the… — Rabia Basri
When one of the down Easters boasted of not having any gray hair, but who was bald, Dad told the story of how St. Peter… — Hal Turner
Right now it is a terrible thing to be a rugged individualist; but we don't know what else to be except a feeble nonentity. — Isabel Paterson
Except I think it feels more like an empty stomach than a broken heart. An aching hollowness that food can't cure. You know. You've felt… — Richard Laymon
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for… — William Manchester
Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to… — John Crowe Ransom
On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic… — Peter Straub
I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it… — Patti Davis
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. — Desi Arnaz
Pity for these inhabitants, I have none. In the first place, they are rebels, and I am almost prepared to agree with Sherman that a… — Charles Fessenden Morse
The past is dead except for the life you give it — Myles Munroe
I remember how my Great Uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out… — Jack Handey
Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto. — Michel de Montaigne
I think everyone in the stadium went home happy, except all those people in Rumania — Ron Greenwood
There is no change in the top six of division 2, except that Leeds have moved into the top six — Fred Dinenage
Once after Barefoot In the Park had been playing for about a week I went back to see it, watching the audience, which was just… — Simon Neil
I ask nothing of the Jews except that they should disappear. — Hans Frank
EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the… — Ambrose Bierce
Now all my teachers are dead except silence. — W S Merwin

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