"The (post) structuralist temper requires too great a depersonalization of the writing/speaking subject. Writing becomes plagiarism; speaking becomes quoting. Meanwhile, we do write, we do speak."

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Source : Ihab Habib Hassan (1980). “The Right Promethean Fire: Imagination, Science, and Cultural Change”, Urbana : University of Illinois Press

Ihab Hassan

#Writing Quotes #Speak Quotes #Plagiarism Quotes

“Everything that man can imagine, he is capable of creating,”
“Kids not only understand [a dark story] but appreciate it â€¦ Because in the real world there's fear, and dark things happen no matter how young you are. People lose parents, people lose friends â€¦ There's darkness in the world. So I think when kids are talked to in that way, they appreciate it. They're not being given some candy-coated, 'Oh, this is a world where there are no stakes.' I think that actually insults their intelligence.”
“I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”
“When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.”

Source : Elna Baker (2009). “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir”, p.62, Penguin
“It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it certainly would have sounded fantastic if in the 1950's you were told that where you sat in a restaurant or on a bus could begin to uproot racism.”
“What I do in my book is let people know about these programs.”
“Self-evidently, dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking.”

Source : Mike Hulme (2013). “Exploring Climate Change Through Science and in Society: An Anthology of Mike Hulme's Essays, Interviews and Speeches”, p.88, Routledge
“Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing it.”

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