You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative
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that can be at peace with its past---it would not be mired in the historical grievances‚ but would instead look into possibilities of the future. William Faulkner once said: “The past is never dead‚ it is not even past." This still holds truth today. Decades and even centuries on‚ our uncomfortable historical legacies have lingered on‚ troubling most of us‚ and shadowing the peace and stability of the world. For one thing‚ the enormous contrast between the past and the present has given birth
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your happiness. To know why you are on this planet‚ you need to start with God‚ because you were born by HIS purpose and for HIS purpose. For instance‚ ‘you bought equipment‚ without the manual you may never know how to operate but guess. It’s only the creator or the owner of the equipment that could reveal its purpose and how it works (may be through a manual) In the same way‚ you cannot arrive at your life’s purpose by starting with a focus on yourself; you must begin with God‚ your creator. It
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A Greener Tomorrow Imagine what it would feel like if it was illegal to drink‚ produce‚ or sell coffee. If you wanted to drink a cup of coffee‚ you would first have to go to a not-so-friendly neighborhood to obtain the drink. Then you would have to watch your back to make sure the police aren’t watching you every time you take a sip. Does it make sense to make a human being go through all that just for a cup of coffee‚ especially if they needed it to go on throughout the day? I’m sorry to say that
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IF YOU COULD BACK AND CHANGE ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE‚ WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE AND WHY? Every human being sometimes make mistakes that could regret after doing that. Considering this‚ two years ago I have had daily trip at my friend’s house.Me and my friend Mike are best friends since elementary school.At the party time. We got drunk and there happened a kiss between two of us. First of all‚ mike and I know each other since we were little kids. When we went in high school we were in the same class. Almost
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Hollywood cinema and climate change: The Day After Tomorrow. Ingram‚ David. In Words on Water: Literary and Cultural Representations‚ Devine‚ Maureen and Christa Grewe-Volpp (eds.) (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier‚ 2008). Climate change‚ like many other environmental problems‚ is slow to develop‚ not amenable to simple or fast solutions‚ and caused by factors that are both invisible and complex (Adam 17). Making a narrative film about climate change therefore does not fit easily
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„You are what you eat” „You are what you eat” – what does it mean? Basically it means that in order to be be fit and healthy you need to eat good food. People eat whatever they like. Some eat healthy‚ some eat „junkfood”‚ some only look at the price tags. However‚ the belief that “you are what you eat” originated in the 1800s with epicurean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. They maintained that food affects one’s health and state of mind. And we can not disagree
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What Women Want in a Man Brian neil For as long as man has walked the earth‚ he has always been in search of the answer to the almighty and mysterious question. What does a woman want in a man? For as long as the question has existed‚ there have been studies‚ researches‚ movies‚ magazine articles‚ you name it and it has been done. So why after thousands of years‚ do men really have no idea what it is that women want from them? Maybe there is no answer to this question‚ maybe there is! After close
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new stories of scams‚ corruption‚ rape ‚ child deaths and suicide by students or farmers. Over the years‚ we’ve grown so used to this kind of news that we’ve stopped caring‚ if not demur at the crunch in some kind- especially the youth. What Young India Wants plunges into some of the main issues in India with a "youth’s eye-view"(which is the reason why Chetan Bhagat appeals to the youngsters..!) and examine the glitches and dishes out some antidotes to the mammoth problems of corruption‚ poverty
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Food is the matriarch of the human civilization. Our ability to function is dependent upon what we put into our bodies and the sustenance gained from doing so. While it is true that food plays a very vital role in maintaining proper health as well as preventing/curing diseases‚ for some‚ food can also be used to fill emotional voids. Other people are forced into specific dietary restrictions based on auto-immune intolerances‚ or other health-related problems‚ while others may simply choose not to
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