Letitia Baldrige Manners make the world work. They’re not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it’s chaos. – Letitia Baldrige Based Quotes Chaos Quotes Efficiency Quotes Kindness Quotes Manners Quotes People Quotes Smoother Quotes When writing a thank-you if you’ve had lunch with someone downtown, send an e-mail. If somebody is giving you a dinner party in his or her home and all the work that takes, that person deserves a written thank-you. I think that what we should do is have short, clipped conversations on the telephone so someone can always get us, not talking about inane stuff and having someone trying to get you. I also think we’ve just got to be more sensitive toward other people and not call them at night if you know they’ve been working.
CourageRichard Paul Evans Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered ‘The Hobbit.’ That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series. And once I’d read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages. – Richard Paul Evans
Christian Laettner I really looked forward to the opportunity to play for the Timberwolves. I went up there and gave it my all. I fell in love with the city and the people up there, even to the extreme where I met my wife up there. – Christian Laettner
Hamish Bowles I was a fashion editor for years in London before I came to ‘Vogue,’ and I spent my life arranging the folds of a ball gown skirt for a picture and pinning fabric and using all those stylist tricks. And you don’t have to do that now because they can do it in Photoshop. – Hamish Bowles
Jerry Weintraub I like Scott Caan. I think he’s a great young kid. I think he’s gonna have a really huge career. – Jerry Weintraub
Anthony Bourdain I’ve sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don’t need sauce. I know he doesn’t even want you to pour sauce. And I’ve seen customers come in and do that, and I’ve seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I’ve seen him die a little inside. – Anthony Bourdain
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