"It is almost axiomatic that the best conversationalist is really the best listener."

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Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”

Arlene Francis

#Conversation Quotes

“The woman who needs to create works of art is born with a kind of psychic tension in her which drives her unmercifully to find a way to balance, to make herself whole. Every human being has this need: in the artist it is mandatory. Unable to fulfill it, he goes mad. But when the artist is a woman she fulfills it at the expense of herself as a woman.”
“Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside.”
“It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.”
“Panic is efficient. Panic is effective. Panic is the way I get things done! Panic attacks are my booster rockets!”
“Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.”
“If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there - it's that simple.”

Source : Karin Fossum (2013). “Broken”, p.97, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Logistics comprises the means and arrangements which work out the plans of strategy and tactics. Strategy decides where to act; logistics brings the troops to this point.”

Source : Antoine-Henri Jomini (2012). “The Art of War”, p.62, Courier Corporation
“We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.”

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