"The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you."

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Source : Mark Goulston (2015). “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone”, p.63, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Mark Goulston

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“Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.”
“There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.”
“Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only one who is searching for the Other.”
“I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers on my beats. I don't find those to be focused albums. I'd like to sit and work a whole record with a certain person, to come up with a concept and see it through that way.”

Source : "Flying Lotus Talks New LP, Lil Wayne". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. January 14, 2010.
“The state of the Union largely depends on the state of the unions.”
“The main thing is to race over to McDonald's to get an egg McMuffin before they shut down for the morning.”
“Inspiration, without action, is merely entertainment. ACT on your inspiration today!”
“Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels.”

Source : 1956 Things of This World, 'Love Calls Us to the Things of This World'.

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