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Man is rotten with perfection.


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You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his

You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his



Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.

Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.



We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.

We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.



A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing.

A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing.



Stories are equipment for living.

Stories are equipment for living.



The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken.

The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken.



Words are like planets, each with its own gravitational pull.

Words are like planets, each with its own gravitational pull.



If decisions were a choice between alternatives, decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives.

If decisions were a choice between alternatives, decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives.



The use of words by human agents to form attitudes or induce actionsin other human agents.

The use of words by human agents to form attitudes or induce actionsin other human agents.



Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Dignity belongs to the conquered.





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Live with purpose. Don't let people or things around you get you down.

Live with purpose. Don't let people or things around you get you down.



In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.



The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.

The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.



Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.

Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.



In a perfect union the man and woman are like a strung bow. Who is to say whether the string bends the bow, or the bow tightens the string?

In a perfect union the man and woman are like a strung bow. Who is to say whether the string bends the bow, or the bow tightens the string?



Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted

Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted



People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go.

People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go.



I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.

I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.



If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.




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