"Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon."

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Robin Lakoff

#Mother Quotes #Lying Quotes #Genius Quotes

“Hearing the missionary call has a great deal to do with what you are listening for.”
“Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we chase. We are problem-solvers. We must be continuously tested and we continuously test ourselves. And it will not end until our lives end because of life itself.”
“Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. (Ghan-buri-Ghan, of allies during war)”
“Never have I had such assistants to disrobe me, and never have I put off my clothes before such a company”
“When you first awaken or before drifting off to sleep, quiet your mind, lift up your heart, muse, mull over, make discoveries. Consider, conceive, create, connect, concede that it all starts within.”
“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.”

Source : Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, Langston Hughes (1996). “Not So Simple: The "Simple" Stories by Langston Hughes”, p.35, University of Missouri Press
“I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.”
“Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before.”

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