Ben Zimmer on real
Ben Zimmer6 quotes“Hillary Clinton has been portrayed as robotic, someone who is trying to approximate real human emotion.”
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Weaponization of a candidate’s words against him or her is something we’re seeing a lot. The term Obamacare was used against Obama in a pejorative way, but Obama again reclaimed it.
Ben ZimmerBen Zimmer Sometimes people are primed to hear in a certain way. When a word like braggadocious suddenly appears, it’s like, ‘What, is he just making that up?’
Ben ZimmerBen Zimmer When words come out of politician’s mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out for “refudiate,” which seemed to combine refute and repudiate. One favourite Bushism was “misunderestimate.”
Ben ZimmerBen Zimmer Donald Trump speaks extemporaneously, often through stream of consciousness, where it doesn’t seem to follow a trajectory.
Ben ZimmerBen Zimmer Donald Trump himself has an idiosyncratic speaking style that relies on simple words and phrases, which worked for him in the primaries but may be coming up short for him now.
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Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
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Love everyone, including yourself. This is real sadhana.
Baba Hari DassBaba Hari Dass Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma The difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
Barbara CorcoranBarbara Corcoran Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar I wanted to be as close as I could to the Really Real, and I’ll capitalize both of those R’s, because God is a word that means different things to different people, but we might all agree it’s what is most real.
Barbara Brown TaylorBarbara Brown Taylor It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
Timothy KellerTimothy Keller The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn’t happen until I did. It wasn’t a real country sound.
Waylon JenningsWaylon Jennings What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter