Suzette Haden Elgin quotes
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“A Grandmother is a safe haven.”
-- Suzette Haden ElginSource : Suzette Haden Elgin (2000). “The Grandmother Principles”
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“You cannot weave truth on a loom of lies.”
-- Suzette Haden ElginSource : Suzette Haden Elgin (1984). “Native Tongue”, p.284, Feminist Press at CUNY
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“If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don't complain about it.”
-- Suzette Haden ElginSource : Suzette Haden Elgin (1980). “The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense”, Prentice Hall
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“Linguistics is our best tool for bringing about social change and SF is our best tool for testing such changes before they are implemented in the real world, therefore the conjunction of the two is desirable and should be useful.”
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“This is what happens when the discourse of publishing, defined and driven by spoken and written language, is talked about in exactly the same vocabulary and syntax as any widgetmaking industry. Books are reformulated as 'product' - like screwdrivers or flea-bombs or soap - and the majority of writers are perceived as typists with bad attitudes.”
-- Suzette Haden Elgin
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Source : "Key quotes from the Commons debate" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2001.
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“I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.”
Source : Anthony Foxx's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.
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