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Sometimes sweet reason doesn’t get the job done. You can wear yourself out sweetly explaining some things. People don’t listen. Why should they? They already know everything they want to know. With these types you have to be forceful.
“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“People in general," he said, "only ask advice not to follow it; or if they do follow it, it is for the sake of having someone to blame for having given it.”
― The Three Musketeers
― The Three Musketeers
“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard."
(Interview with NEH chairman Bruce Cole, Humanities, July/Aug. 2002, Vol. 23/No. 4)”
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(Interview with NEH chairman Bruce Cole, Humanities, July/Aug. 2002, Vol. 23/No. 4)”
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“I am, therefore I'll think.”
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“There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. ”
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