"... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're trying to gauge whether you think what they're saying is worth your time. Rushing is no way to bring out what's best in people, and I'm always looking for the best. That's what's ultimately behind my determination to take my time."

-- Frances Hesselbein

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“Just to be is holy, just to live is a gift.”
“I always try to make myself be very approachable and easy to talk to, so hopefully people will feel that they can approach me.”
“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.”
“People are self-centered to a nauseous degree. They will keep on about themselves while I'm explaining me.”
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”
“If I look back at the songs I was writing when I was effectively a child, there's a big contrast, so I've learnt a lot along the way. I think it's a confidence thing; the biggest thing that's affected me, both in writing and performing, is a growth in confidence.”
“We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good”
“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.”

Source : Georges Bernanos (1955). “Last essays”

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