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Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught. -- Leslie Feinberg
What's great is that because math is such a universal language, really, our fans come in all shapes and sizes, all ages and genders and races and backgrounds and cultures. -- David Krumholtz
My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided. -- Edward Tufte
I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions. -- Yanni
Some version of 'Deal or No Deal' airs in 120 countries. And they play it exactly the same way, with models and briefcases. It crosses language and culture and gender, because it's the simplest game in the world, and everyone wants to press their luck. -- Howie Mandel
Women's body language speaks eloquently, though silently, of her subordinate status in a hierarchy of gender. -- Sandra Bartky
Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics. -- Preston Manning
Eating is our earliest metaphor, preceding our consciousness of gender difference, race, nationality, and language. We eat before we talk. -- Margaret Atwood
In language gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English? -- Marlene Dietrich

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