[Ads-l] Urgent Need for Examples of "Bumper Stickered" Quotations
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Sep 18 00:27:08 UTC 2020
No farms no food
No justice no peace
My Golden Retriever can beat up your honor student
> On Sep 17, 2020, at 5:43 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> The following might be considered "bumper stickered" sentiments:
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> Love it or leave it
> People not profits
> WWJD
> Smash the patriarchy
> Choose life
> From my cold dead hands
> Revolution now
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> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:13 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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>> I have an urgent need to find a good example of a quotation that has been "bumper stickered." I think the person who asked me this must mean a quote whose wording or meaning has been dumbed down so as to be suitable for a popular bumper sticker. Can anyone suggest to me examples of this, ASAP?
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>> Fred Shapiro
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