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"He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest."
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"We must remember that some hand gestures which are commonly used and widely accepted in the U.S. might be considered rude or offensive in other countries. As always, I encourage you to be mindful of how and where you use certain gestures to assure you maintain your professionalism and positive impressions."
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"Sometimes it is better to refrain from engaging in conversation because making no impression is better than making a bad impression."
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"He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest."
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"Seek to make others feel comfortable by demonstrating respect for their individual needs as well as their cultural norms. Your consideration and heightened awareness will guide you well-and help you make a great first impression."
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"Dining with the King; your attire, attitude and mentality must change."
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"Your handshake has the power to reveal your strength of character, make a promise, demonstrate your level of respect, exercise your etiquette, and represent your business acumen. Learning how to do it well will take you far in life and in business."
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"Considerations & Exceptions for Impressive Handshakes Be mindful of a person's age; be tender with arthritic hands. In that case, a loose and gentler handshake is a gesture of sensitivity and compassion. Show interest; even if your right hand is full, offer your left hand. Demonstrate respect when you are caught in an introduction while seated; try to stand. Be instinctive about when to allow the length of your handshake to linger to express unity, connection, or sympathy."
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"Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us."
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"A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands."
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"Asking permission to call someone by their first name is a gesture of gentility and consideration. And once permission is granted, the gate is open for mutual respect and mutual purpose. Simply demonstrating this courtesy before making an assumption is impressive. Once permission is granted, you have earned points on both sides."
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"It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed."
Attitude
"Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven."
Work
"It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us."
Hope
"The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions."
Life
"The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception."
Perception
"He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest."
Etiquette
"Books and harlots have their quarrels in public."
Books
"Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby."
Polemics
"Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death."
Death
"All disgust is originally disgust at touching."
Disgust
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