If you believe in the eighteenth century view of the mind, you will look and act wimpy. You will think that all you need to do is give people the facts and the figures and they will reach the right conclusion. You will think that all you need to do is point out where their interests lie, and they will act politically to maximize them. You will believe in polling and focus groups: you will believe that if you ask people what their interests are, they will be aware of them and will tell you, and will vote on it. You will not have any need to appeal to emotion---indeed, to do so would be wrong! You will not have to speak of values; facts and figures will suffice. You will not have to change people's brains; their reason should be enough. You will not have to frame the facts; they will speak for themselves. You just have to get the facts to them.. George Lakoff
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.
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Kate Forsyth
A book series is never truly over. The story lives on, even when the final page has been turned.
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Richard P. Denney
The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
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Jess C. Scott
Ignorance isn't a sword. It's a weight that drags a soul swirling to the bottom of the sea.
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Melodie Ramone
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In short, philosophical theories are largely the product of the hidden hand of the cognitive unconscious.
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If you believe in the eighteenth century view of the mind, you will look and act wimpy. You will think that all you need to do is give people the facts and the figures and they will reach the right conclusion. You will think that...
