"Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause."

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Source : Carmine Gallo (2010). “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience”, McGraw Hill Professional

Carmine Gallo

#Dramatic Quotes #Wells Quotes

“To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]”
“Life too is precious to waste - to spend on anything but the best.”
“However, when we are depressed, being reminded of other people's suffering only serves to increase our self-hatred.”

Source : Dorothy Rowe (2003). “Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison”, p.202, Psychology Press
“The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.”
“We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.'”

Source : "Yvette Nicole Brown: Prep work is necessary for a successful stalk". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. July 8, 2010.
“We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention”

Source : Diane Ackerman (2004). “An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“When I was a small boy I often went to the woods to lie on the grass in the shade. Somehow I had come to believe the earth could give me wisdom, but it did not. Yet I learned a little about animals and learned it is not always brave to make a stand. It is often foolish. There is a time for courage and a time for flight.”
“In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My 'dream' action for the women's liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their 'pleasing' smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX: THE CASE FOR FEMINIST REVOLUTION”

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