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Showing posts with label public speaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public speaking. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2007

William Raspberry on Good English

"Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don’t even know exist." -- William Raspberry

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Anthony Robbins on the Quality of Life

"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives." -- Anthony Robbins

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Mark Twain on Public Speaking

"There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars." -- Mark Twain

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Thursday, August 04, 2005

Get To The Point

"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible." -- George Burns

Sunday, February 01, 2004

Will Durrant Conversation Advice

"In conversation ask questions oftener than you express opinion; and when you speak offer data and information rather than beliefs and judgments." — Will Durrant

Conversation Hogs are Boring

"If you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody." — Helen Gurley Brown

Thursday, March 13, 2003

Courtesy | "We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly." -- Voltaire

Thursday, March 06, 2003

Brevity | "All pleasantries should be short -- and, for that matter, gravities, too." -- Voltaire

Wednesday, March 05, 2003

Bore | "The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." -- Voltaire