Robin Lakoff quotes
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“As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums or showing temper: "high spirits" are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls. Now, we tend to excuse a show of temper by a man where we would not excuse an identical tirade from a woman: women are allowed to fuss and complain, but only a man can bellow in rage.”
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“Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.”
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“To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means ‘common.’)”
-- Robin LakoffSource : Robin Tolmach Lakoff (2001). “The Language War”, p.59, Univ of California Press
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“Language uses us as much as we use language.”
-- Robin Lakoff
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“I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.”
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : "The Man Who Revitalized 'Doctor Who' And 'Sherlock'". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.
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