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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
Make Good Art
We Should All Be Feminists
Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
I Talk Like a River
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
The Gettysburg Address
The Art of Public Speaking
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear
On Speaking Well: How to Give a Speech With Style, Substance, and Clarity
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
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Books Without Quotation Marks
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•Lingualish'tics
106 books — 16 voters

Pomegranate Juice by Magnus WiltonIslam and Controversy by Anshuman MondalSacrilege Versus Civility by Muhammad Manazir AhsanSATANIC AFFAIR RUSHDIE by Malise RuthvenBe Careful with Muhammad by Shabbir Akhtar
On the Rushdie Affair
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Steve Jobs
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ...more
Steve Jobs

Josh Billings
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
Josh Billings

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