"An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words."

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Source : Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell (2012). “Sanford Meisner on Acting”, p.4, Vintage

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“Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking straight into her eyes.”

Source : Judith McNaught (2016). “Until You”, p.256, Simon and Schuster
“Humility is pride in God.”
“Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete.”

Source : "Live Chat with Dana Spiotta". Interview with Macy Halford, www.newyorker.com. August 23, 2011.
“Open to me, so that I may open. Provide me your inspiration So that I might see mine.”
“The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work.”

Source : Robert K. Greenleaf (2002). “Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness”, p.127, Paulist Press
“The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what is best to be done...Let associations and combinations be everywhere set up to consult and recover our just rights.”
“The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.”
“In the 1940s, cigarettes would be shown in classy situations, endorsed by celebrities - real A-list Hollywood stars in America - the ads would make claims about tobacco quality or manufacturing science and, bizarrely, some brands had what almost amounted to health claims.”

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