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" ...The communication of our thoughts by means of language, whether spoken or written, like every other object of mental exertion, consitutes a peculiar art, which, like other arts, cannot be acquired in any perfection but by long continued practice." ... From the Introduction to Roget's International Online Thesaurus ! "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body" -Sir Richard Steele.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Obama found his eloquence from Reading!

"In college, as he was getting involved in protests against the apartheid government in South Africa, Barack Obama noticed, after he has written, “that people had begun to listen to my opinions.” Words, the young Mr. Obama realized, had the power “to transform”: “with the right words everything could change -— South Africa, the lives of ghetto kids just a few miles away, my own tenuous place in the world. President Obama's appreciation of the magic of language and his ardent love of reading have not only endowed him with a rare ability to communicate his ideas to millions of Americans while contextualizing complex ideas about race and religion, they have also shaped his sense of who he is and his apprehension of the world" - MICHIKO KAKUTANI
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"Much has been made of Mr. Obama’s eloquence — his ability to use words in his speeches to persuade and uplift and inspire. But his appreciation of the magic of language and his ardent love of reading have not only endowed him with a rare ability to communicate his ideas to millions of Americans while contextualizing complex ideas about race and religion, they have also shaped his sense of who he is and his apprehension of the world " - MICHIKO KAKUTANI

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