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> [Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-lakoff/reagan-s-genius-as-a-communicator-lies-in-his-use-of-ambiguity/)

[Robin Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-lakoff/)

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## Other authors on Communicators

## More by Robin Lakoff

> [As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-lakoff/as-children-women-are-encouraged-to-be-little-ladies-little-ladies/)

[Robin Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-lakoff/)

> [All language is political.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-lakoff/all-language-is-political/)

[Robin Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-lakoff/)

> [Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-lakoff/reagan-s-genius-as-a-communicator-lies-in-his-use-of-ambiguity/)

[Robin Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-lakoff/)

> [Language uses us as much as we use language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-lakoff/language-uses-us-as-much-as-we-use-language/)

[Robin Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-lakoff/)

> [To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-lakoff/to-write-or-speak-is-to-communicate-to-communicate-is-to-share/)

[Robin Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-lakoff/)

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