"Language uses us as much as we use language."

-- Robin Lakoff

#Use Quotes #Language Quotes

“If we lose a game, I change up what I did that day, like if I eat something that day I will not eat the same thing again the next game day.”
“To reach up for the new, you must let go of the old. What lies behind you is not nearly as important as what lies in front of you.”
“I am a patriot, and I protest speed limits by exceeding them.”
“Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.”
“If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.”
“We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II”
“I feel like I'm dropping such a long way down again." "I seem to be dropping into a cold dark wet place, where no one's been before and noone can every follow. There's no future there; just a past that sometimes fools you into thinking it's the future. It's the most alone place you can ever be and, when you go there, you not only cease to exist in real life, you also cease to exist in their consciousness and in their memories.”
“One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.”

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