"To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them â€˜commonâ€™ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means â€˜common.â€™)"

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Source : Robin Tolmach Lakoff (2001). “The Language War”, p.59, Univ of California Press

Robin Lakoff

#Communication Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“The quota idea is a good one, but there are two problems with it. The first is clear: A quota system would also require all European countries to be prepared to take refugees. And secondly: What happens when the quota has been filled? Would we then simply tell those who are threatened, sorry but we have to send you back?”
“I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)”
“It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense. He cannot even be nourished by Art. Like Ephraim, he feeds upon the East wind, which has no boundaries.”
“Being rejected from something good just means that Allah is pointing you to something better”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 11, 2016
“Become very clear about your intentions and desires, know that you deserve them, and then firmly put your foot down to the universe commanding these changes (while simultaneously surrendering control over how this will occur). All the doors will open for you as a result!”
“Did I throw the most important thing perhaps, by accident, away?”
“the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.”
“I was a really good youth boxer, and I enjoyed the sport very much. Once I actually started to play the trumpet, it is very similar to boxing. Most of the great trumpet players boxed: Miles Davis was a boxer, Wallace Roney is a boxer, Terrence Blanchard is a boxer. In a boxing ring, no one can help you. It's just you and the other guy, and your job is to get him out of there, to outscore him in the best sense of it. When you learn to box, the first thing they teach you is to protect yourself at all times, and some people also learn that they like being hit.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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