Mary Pipher Quotes About Identity
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Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.
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I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?
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We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part of the clean-up team. Just as the language of power and greed has the potential to destroy us, the language of reason and empathy has the power to save us. Writers can inspire a kinder, fairer, more beautiful world, or invite selfishness, stereotyping, and violence. Writers can unite people or divide them.
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The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.
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