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“Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.”
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“We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Which leads me to my second point: writers do not write what they want, they write what they can.”
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“Let the average man be put to the proof on the question of who is above, and his true position will be exposed. Let him be forced into making a choice between God and money, between God and men, between God and personal ambition, God and self, God and human love, and God will take second place every time.”
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“I certainly never get above my station - my family would soon slap me back down to earth.”
Source : "Sheridan Smith struggles with mounting acclaim over Cilla portrayal" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2014.
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“When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.”
Source : Greg Mortenson (2009). “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan”, p.140, Penguin
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“It’s not about revenues: the fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.”
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“Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in.”
Source : "Reality TV Star & Author Lauren Conrad". Interview with Jen Rubino, www.teenink.com. September 25, 2011.
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“These days, when people are alone, or feel a moment of boredom, they tend to reach for a device. In a movie theater, at a stop sign, at the checkout line at a supermarket and, yes, at a memorial service, reaching for a device becomes so natural that we start to forget that there is a reason, a good reason, to sit still with our thoughts: It does honor to what we are thinking about. It does honor to ourselves.”