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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It can be fascinating how when you look at someone’s receipts‚ you can what kind of person they are. My own receipts over the past few months‚ for example‚ can show a lot about who I am and what I like to do. Listed with different titles of many movies and how much I paid for them‚ once can clearly realize through these paper strips that I have been a very serious movie watcher of action movies‚ movies in which the good guy is the hero. When I was in Saudi Arabia‚ during my teen years‚ I use to
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This speech was told by Jowaher Alkhayyal at the NASA conference 1-12-2013: Is it a dream or my dream came true? Is it realty or fiction? I can’t believe my eyes & my whole senses These questions are Blowing my mind. I’m living the dream‚ It feels good to achieve one of the biggest dream of my life. It was a hard experience filled with difficulties and a lot of training and requirements Starting with the physical requirements‚ basic qualification health tests‚ and ending with physical test
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You are what you drive When you see different people driving different cars on the roads‚ will you give yourself a second to think whether there is something relationship between the certain cars and the drivers’ personality? There is a theory that people who drive certain cars share personality traits. Generally speaking‚ our choices may say something about our values and interests. To some extent‚ women tend to buy smaller cars and men are likely to buy larger cars. But there are many other
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believe that you can tell a lot about a person by observing what they wear. Is this true? A man in a nice pressed three-piece suit‚ carrying an expensive briefcase is obviously a businessman‚ right? A woman wearing a long ruffled colorful dress‚ with many jewelry pieces around her neck and wrists and colorful beads braided onto her hair must be a hippy or a gypsy‚ right? It is easy to label people based on how they dressed‚ sometimes too easy. Let’s face it; the first thing you do to a person
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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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MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE WORKER – “THE EPITOME OF SUCCESS” DIVYA MISHRA PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET‚ HAMMOND‚ INDIANA Abstract James Madison said that “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives”. Knowledge is power according to Sir Francis Bacon. It is the most important resource for the organizations to grow. The knowledge resides in the heads of knowledge workers. Knowledgeable workers are the most
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Eating is one of human beings’ four basic needs. It is a simply action you take not only to endure your life but also to show yourself because “you are what you eat”. This saying above does not mean that you live to eat but your eating expresses the person you are willing to be. You can be fat or thin‚ tall or short‚ ..etc‚ which partly depends on your three everyday meals. Surprisingly‚ the sensible eating can give you some desired things such as the beauty‚ the health‚ the
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You must do things you think you cannot do Honorary guest‚ lecturers‚ parents‚ fellow graduates‚ good afternoon. I am your valedictorian Oshane Thomas and I am charging you today to do the things you think you cannot do. The important actions aren’t easy. They are hard because of our fears. No one is without them. One of my fears is being here today talking to you. On preparation for graduation‚ I was notified that I had to deliver a speech and the thought of actually doing it terrified me
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What special knowledge do you think is most necessary for you to possess to be a diversity-competent counselor of a chemical dependency group? What steps might you take to increase this knowledge? In order for me to be a diversity competent counselor of a chemical dependency group‚ it is important that I am not only aware of my own cultural and racial heritage but also important that I am aware of the cultural and racial heritage of the participants in the chemical dependency group. I must possess
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