"Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved."

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Source : Casey Miller, Kate Swift (2001). “The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing”, p.4, iUniverse

Casey Miller

#Writing Quotes #Prejudice Quotes #Language Quotes

“If you have a habit of declaring milestones or changing them based on the crisis of the day, don't expect the team to remain motivated. Similarly, if the team isn't aware of the milestone and the value behind it, they are unlikely to deliver.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“We find that other employees are very enthusiastic about their fellow crew members who have disabilities-or what they previously thought of as disabilities.”
“I mean, people think I'm too intense for baseball. I've always excelled to be the best, no matter what, but it's like people think something is wrong with that.”
“I remembered... It was the colour of your hair. Farewell...Erza. ~I'm Jellal Fernandez. What about you, Erza?(I'm Erza. Just Erza.) Well, that's kind of sad. Ohh!(Hey...What are you doing?!)It's such a pretty scarlet colour...I know! We'll give you the last name of Scarlet!(Erza...Scarlet) It's the colour of you hair! Nobody will ever forget that!~(Jellal...)”
“You're amazing, just the way you are.”

Source : Song: Just the Way You Are, 2010
“That would be cool if you could eat a good food with a bad food and the good food would cover for the bad food when it got to your stomach. Like you could eat a carrot with an onion ring and they would travel down to your stomach, then they would get there, and the carrot would say, It's cool, he's with me.”
“You don't need brains to be a painter, just feelings.”

Source : Interview with Frank & Vicent Tilsley, .News Chronicle & Daily Dispatch, December 1, 1955.
“In order to really understand, we need to listen, not reply. We need to listen long and attentively. In order to help anybody to open his heart we have to give him time, asking only a few questions, as carefully as possible in order to help him better explain his experience.”

Source : Paul Tournier (1967). “To Understand Each Other”, p.25, Westminster John Knox Press

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