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"Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics."
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"Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties."

"The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it."

"I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic."

"Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and realized that I had to make a serious study- that my tastes were far more advanced than my abilities."

"Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study."

"You need to study, to examine deeply the field you are interested in."

"Knowledge is enthusiasm to learn."

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