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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. Jean de la Bruyere
Robert Brustein quote: "The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or..."
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. Robert Brustein
Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility. Tammy Bruce
I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.' Barbara Boxer
I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people. Hans Blix
Samuel Johnson quote: "Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it..."
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. Samuel Johnson
When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.' Mary Lynn Rajskub
It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar. Joanna Newsom
Ricky Nelson quote: "You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself."
You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself. Ricky Nelson
Emanuel Ax quote: "Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please..."
Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. Emanuel Ax
Ausonius quote: "No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly."
No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly. Ausonius
I dedicate this to all those who did not live to tell it. And may they please forgive me for not having seen it all nor remembered it all, for not having divined all of it - from The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This I think I have learned: where there is love, the form does not matter, and the gods are pleased. This I have observed: what occurs in nature, comes by the hand of nature, and if the gods did not approve, it would not be there~ Moondance k'Treva (Magic's Pawn) Mercedes Lackey
Milton Avery quote: "To be able to be oneself and not have to disown one's values..."
To be able to be oneself and not have to disown one's values to please another - That is what intimate love is all about. Milton Avery
Stomp stomp. Whirr. Pleased to be of service. Shut up. Thank you. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. Thank you for making a simple door very happy. Hope your diodes rot. Thank you. Have a nice day. Stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. It is my pleasure to open for you... Zark off.... and my satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done. I said zark off. Thank you for listening to this message. Douglas Adams

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