"For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state, with its high degree of specialization, make for corresponding classification of status."

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Source : Kenneth Burke (1962). “A grammar of motives, and A rhetoric of motives”

Kenneth Burke

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“Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.”

Source : Fables in Slang (1900) p. 133
“I knew immediately that this was not going to work out. Hunter is the kind of guy who dates women who wear high heels and a cocktail dress on a first date. I can't even walk in heels, and I generally believe that someone has to earn the right to see my legs.”

Source : Lisa Lutz (2011). “Lisa Lutz Spellman Series E-Book Box Set: The Spellman Files, Curse of the Spellmans, Revenge of the Spellmans, The Spellmans Strike Again”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“Loving, knowing, and respecting our bodies is a powerful and invincible act of rebellion in this society.”

Source : Inga Muscio (2002). “Cunt: A Declaration of Independence”, p.64, Seal Press
“We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground. It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them, just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“To me, bravery is to stand up for what you believe in.”
“The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.”
“God! I loove this city!”
“I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still need to have their own life. Some characters are absent literally but at the same time very, very present.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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