Charles Horton Cooley A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail… Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory. – Charles Horton Cooley Avail Quotes Conviction Quotes Decorative Quotes Fluency Quotes Forcible Quotes Grace Quotes Lack Quotes Logical Quotes Oratory Quotes Speaker Quotes Surface Quotes Tact Quotes Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.
Christopher Hampton There was a moment in the early ’80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A. – Christopher Hampton
Rose McIver What I love about my work is the variety and not knowing what’s coming next, and being able to embrace something for a period of time and know something new is going to follow. – Rose McIver
PoetryRita Dove I think one of the things that people tend to forget is that poets do write out of life. It isn’t some set piece that then gets put up on the shelf, but that the impetus, the real instigation for poetry is everything that’s happening around us. – Rita Dove
AmazingConan O'BrienLifeWork Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. – Conan O’Brien
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