"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

#Attitude Quotes #Book Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes

“Our duty is to understand youth, but more, to help them understand themselves that they may release their varied abilities... We must help them to discover a life work, not work for life.”
“I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh. If I can make them laugh and we have the same sensibility, then I'm on the right page.”
“On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.”
“Call me 'Tuk-Tuk', and keep saying it, but remember I am the captain of Pakistan.”
“As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.”
“I've never known a country to be starved into democracy.”
“What's memory but the ash That chokes our fires that have begun to sink?”
“The days blur into one, and the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done.”

Source : Song: Welcome Home, Son, Album: Ghost, 2007

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