Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
Voshak's hair, a pale blond braid, which he bleached, was his trademark. It made him memorable. That's how the slavers operated. They adopted costumes and personas, trying to make themselves larger-than-life and hoping to inspire fear. They counted on that fear. One could fight a man, but nobody could fight a nightmare.
My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?' Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks. I could show you some, but I'd have to climb ladders, and I can't climb
The most popular labor saving device is still money.
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
I say it the way it is. I don't play around. That has been my success, in my opinion, for Mississauga.
Life is to be lived through action not by dreaming.
It's better to be a pirate than to join the navy.
I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds.
The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute.
We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.
Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.
Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.
First, the skill of storytelling helps to galvanize your team. Second, the discipline of storytelling requires leaders to be clear about their intentions and to prioritize what fits into the story versus secondary goals and issues. Third, there is possibly an artifact here - great storytellers can make their exploits and achievements sound very exciting and memorable. Successful leaders who are not good storytellers won't get the acknowledgement and appreciation they deserve.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Most great leaders are also great communicators. Great leaders have learned how to persuade so their objectives can be reached. The most powerful device to persuade is story. Stating facts and figures is not memorable. Emotionally connecting your audience to your idea through story will move them.
Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana throws for her overflowing guests in Zola's Nana, the walk through Les Halles for breakfast in Baldwin's Giovanni's Room, and nearly every meal in Monique Truong's The Book of Salt.