"Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew: the use of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols."

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Source : Kenneth Burke (1969). “A Rhetoric of Motives”, p.43, Univ of California Press

Kenneth Burke

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“Beer is an improvement on water itself.”
“You may have tangible wealth untold: Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be I had a Mother who read to me.”

Source : Strickland Gillilan, “The Reading Mother”
“He said my name the way diabetics talked about hot fudge sundaes.”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unemployed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.42, Penguin
“Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.”
“We can have peace, but if we continue to hold out, we can obtain more.”
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

Source : Hans Henrik Jacobsen, Hans Christian Andersen (1969). “A visit to Funen with Hans Christian Andersen”
“I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do a big radio country album.”
“Just as you would not permit a fellow employee to steal a piece of office equipment, you shouldn't let anyone walk away with the time of his fellow managers.”

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