"The person who conveys, 'I am nothing. Make me something,' may all his life have people trying to answer his hidden plea, but their answer will be in terms of, 'I am trying to make you something because you are nothing,' and, thus, the insult will be embedded in the response. It will be heard just as clearly as the attempt to help. And it will be hated."

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Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.134, iUniverse

Jo Coudert

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“Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.”

Source : "Disarming questions" by Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2006.
“The workplace has become a psychological battlefield and the millennials have the upper hand, because they are tech savvy, with every gadget imaginable almost becoming an extension of their bodies. They multitask, talk, walk, listen and type, and text. And their priorities are simple: they come first.”
“The dark is light enough.”

Source : Title of play (1954)
“I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.”

Source : "Leslie Nielsen Dead: Comedian Remembered For ‘Airplane’ And ‘Naked Gun’", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 28, 2010.
“The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!”
“In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.”
“I don't want to make promises, not knowing what the situation's going to be three or four years out.”
“Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.”

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