Erin McKean Quotes

• No le debes la belleza a nadie. Ni a tu novio/esposo/pareja, ni a tus compañeros de trabajo, ni mucho menos a un hombre cualquiera por la calle. No se la debes a tu madre, no se la debes a tus hijos, no se la debes a la civilización en general. La belleza no es un alquiler que se paga por ocupar un espacio marcado como "femenino".

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  Madre, Hijos, Hombres

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• People say to me, ‘How do I know if a word is real?’ You know, anybody who’s read a children’s book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it. That makes it real.

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  Children, Motivation, Real

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• Los lexicógrafos son informadores lingüísticos.

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  Lexicographer, Language, Reporters

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• Aging has been bad ever since we figured out it led to dying.

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  Dying, Aging, Has Beens

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• Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult.

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  Serendipity, Difficult, Findings

  "Search Patterns : Design for Discovery". Book by Peter Morville and Jeffery Callender (p. 131), 2010.

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• I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feeling of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.

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  Baby, Opportunity, Thinking

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• Language is a nice way to remember things.

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  Nice, Way, Language

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• if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi

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  Listening, Want, Mimi

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• All language is a popularity contest.

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  Language, Popularity, Contests

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• You can weaponize nice... Being nice can make you be a little underestimated.

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  Nice, Littles, Being Nice

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• Cuando los lexicógrafos, tradicionalmente masculinos, se interesan por las palabras de moda, sus orígenes se pierden en la noche de los tiempos.

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  Fashion, Males, Lexicographer

  "Erin McKean comes to terms with fashion" by Beth Hughes, www.sfgate.com. August 6, 2012.

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• And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me.

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  Believe, People, Car

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• Experiences is just paying attention as time passes.

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  Attention, Pay Attention, Time Passes

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• Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it's cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.

  Erin McKean

  Baby, Opportunity, Thinking

  Erin Mckean (2011). “The Secret Lives of Dresses”, p.45, Hachette UK

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