"Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature."

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Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (2008). “Metaphors We Live By”, p.3, University of Chicago Press

George Lakoff

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“... there are some who, believing that all is for the best in the best of possible worlds, and that to-morrow is necessarily better than to-day, may think that if culture is a good thing we shall infallibly be found to have more of it that we had a generation since; and that if we can be shown not to have more of it, it can be shown not to be worth seeking.”
“Being the best right now doesn't do anything for my feathers.”
“The most powerful tools of revolution through intention are humility and consciousness.”
“I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.”

Source : "Balanced?". Interview with Stevie Brown, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2006.
“Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.”
“I've been doing my own makeup for red carpet events for years, but it wasn't until I met my business partner Divya Gugnani a few years ago that I realized I could actually turn my passion for beauty into a makeup line. We're the opposite of an artistry brand. We're for the everyday women who is very busy and only has 5 minutes in the morning to get ready. So, that's our goal, to really keep you beautiful and gorgeous on the go.”

Source : "From Victoria’s Secret Angel To CEO: Lindsay Ellingson Spills Her Best Lifestyle Tips". www.hollywood.com.
“My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.”

Source : "Next Factor Q&a: 'Life Of Pi' Star Suraj Sharma". Interview with Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. November 21, 2012.
“I would not, if I could, give up the memory of the joy I have had in books for any advantage that could be offered in other pursuits or occupations. Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer.”

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