This is a pattern of communication almost as universal and well-entrenched as Newton's laws of motion.
Source: Structured analysis (SA): A language for communicating ideas (1977), p. 17.
“We don't tell 'em how to vote—we simply suggest.”
Martin Lomasney (1859–1933) American politician
Van Nostrand, Albert D. (December 1948). "The Lomasney Legend". The New England Quarterly. 21 (4): 437. JSTOR 361565 https://www.jstor.org/stable/361565
“Tell 'em to count to ten over him and he'll get up.”
Wilson Mizner (1876–1933) American writer
On hearing that his prizefighter, Stanley Ketchel, was dying of gunshot wounds.
Quoted by Stuart B. McIver, Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags, Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, 1994. ISBN 1-56164-034-4.
On Death and Dying
“People often ask me when am I gonna slow down. You know what I tell 'em? I'm just gettin' started.”
Tina Turner (1939) singer, dancer, actress, and author
Spoken interlude during "Proud Mary", live at The Apollo, Manchester, 14 March 1979 ("On the Road", VHS)
Lyrics
Nick Holonyak (1928) American inventor
about what has been the guiding idea for the development of transistor electronics, in a foreword of the special Indian Edition of [Rao, Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education India, 2006, 8131703991, xix]
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
As quoted in Defending Liars : In Defense of President Bush and the War on Terror in Iraq (2006) by Howard L. Salter, p. 40
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