"Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning."

--

Kenneth Burke

#Persuasion Quotes #Rhetoric Quotes

“I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today â€“ my own government.”
“I took a vow of political celibacy.”
“People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.”
“I did not think I would make the grade.”
“The world is not made of countries and outsiders. We are all just humans, and most of us fools and all of us longing for more than we have, to know more than we know--and yet even that is not enough, for if we knew everything we would only be disappointed that there was not one more secret to uncover.”
“We need a barn or one of those storage areas for the Broken vehicles." "A garage?" He gave her a short nod. "A private, relatively remote location, with thick walls to dampen the sound and preferably a sturdy door I could bolt from the inside, keeping your grandmother, your brothers, and all other painfully annoying spectators out..." Rose began to laugh. A make-out bunker... "I'm glad you find our dilemma hilarious,”
“The most powerful people on earth are focus groups.”
“Amazing the things you find when you bother to search for them”

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