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Trump’s Wall: What’s In A Word
Trump’s Wall Donald Trump has said if we don’t think a wall will work we should ask the Israelis. Well, the Israelis don’t like to call their wall a wall, so they are probably not the best people to ask … Continue reading
President Trump’s False Claim
Words Matter. Donald Trump Stokes Fear Of Immigrants. By Gene Griessman President Trump used the Oval Office to create the false belief that “illegal immigrants” cause violent crime to increase. In point of fact, immigrants do NOT commit more violent … Continue reading
How To Break Into An Ongoing Discussion
How To Break Into An Ongoing Discussion Here’s an simple but effective power phrase that you can use in a media interview, a team!board meeting, or a negotiation Say: “May I just add something…” THE Lincoln Quotation Book Don’t get embarrassed … Continue reading
Unusual Quotation:The Genius Of Compromise “Zhou Enlai combined utter fluidity with absolute resilience, like water, which espouses instantaneously the shape of whatever container it happens to fill, and never surrenders one atom of its own nature—-in the end, it … Continue reading
How To Change The Subject
How To Change The Subject By Gene Griessman, Ph.D. Terri Gross, host of NPR’s “Fresh Air” offers this advice if you’re being interviewed for a job or if you’re on radio or TV and it’s … Continue reading
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One Way To Get An Honest Answer
One Way To Get An Honest Answer Let’s say you’re thinking about buying a new car and haven’t decided whether to get a Toyota, a Nissan, or a Chevy . So you ask a friend who bought a Nissan if … Continue reading
Unusual Quotations:Unfinished Work
Unfinished Work: “An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.” Paul Valery THE Lincoln Quotation Book Don’t get embarrassed using a spurious Lincoln quote. Here’s a quotation book you can trust: The Words Lincoln Lived By … Continue reading
Unusual Quotations:What is the Future?
Unusual Quotations: “The future does not exist. It is created by the combination of a thousand causes, some necessary, some accidental, plus human will. History knocks simultaneously on a thousand gates.” Alexander Herzen THE Lincoln Quotation Book Don’t get embarrassed … Continue reading
Unusual Quotations:Lincoln on Focus
Unusual Quotations ”I will hold McClellan’s horse if he will only bring us success.” Abraham Lincoln to an associate after the President had been treated discourteously by his General-in-Chief THE Lincoln Quotation Book Don’t get embarrassed using a spurious Lincoln quote. Here’s … Continue reading
Unusual Quotations: The Perils of Unshared Wealth
Unusual Quotations “If you are a millionaire and everyone around you is poor, you have no safety” NY taxi driver from Bangladesh THE Lincoln Quotation Book Don’t get embarrassed using a spurious Lincoln quote. Here’s a quotation book you can trust: … Continue reading