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"I sometimes get the feeling that he was less pleased by kindness itself than by the elegance of the gesture."
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"If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor."
"Many hospitality companies follow the "5 and 10 Rule," whereby when a customer is within ten feet of the employee, they should provide acknowledgement with eye contact and a genuine smile. When the customer is within five feet, it is encouraged to provide a warm welcome, sincere greeting, a friendly gesture, and offer to help, or to engage him or her in conversation."
"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."
"It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it."
"The only true source of politeness is consideration."
"Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me."
"A man worth his salt will treat a lady like a lady and make the effort to be a gentleman. While independent women are fully capable of being self-reliant, the majority whom I know appreciate being treated with respect, consideration, and chivalry. For the women who yearn for the old-fashioned, good-hearted, chivalrous guy, I promise, they do exist."
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"Children - if you think back really what it was like to be a child and what it was like to know other children - children lie all the time."
"Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent."
"I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much."
"But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work."
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