Sometimes a person who is utterly devoid of charm will try to create a good impression by using very elegant language; yet he only succeeds in being ridiculous.
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Related You can create a good impression on yourself by being right, he realizes, but for creating a good im... MICHAEL FRAYN A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm EDGAR SALTUS Though we think, we speak using a different language, a language that we create using words. AUSTIN GLEN MILLER He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate t... HENRY MILLER During times of sour or bad relationship a good person will always exhibit a pleasant character. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest. ROGER EBERT Only the really plain people know about love --the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an im... KATHARINE HEPBURN A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an im... KATHARINE HEPBURN Only the really plain people know about love-the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impr... KATHARINE HEPBURN He . . . is still [held] in high regard by faith leaders across the U.S.. He's the kind of person wh... SALIH BOOKER Well, usually when a person shakes their head,” said McGonagall coldly, “they mean ‘no.’ So ... J.K. ROWLING Sometimes I'll read an audition and I'll get a very strong first impression about who the pe... KRISTIN BAUER VAN STRATEN He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one c... VIKTOR E. FRANKL I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Better results will definitely be achieved by resorting to negotiations and using respectful languag... HAMID-REZA ASEFI The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. ... PATRICE MOTSEPE You live on the surface," Lia told me years later. "You sometimes seem profound, but it's only becau... UMBERTO ECO Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare ... ANNE SWETCHINE Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare ... ANNE-SOPHIE SWETCHINE Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare ... ANNE SOPHIE SWETCHINE You only notice the power of a person because it is being misused. For those using it for good, they... MARIE MUHAMMAD Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as signifi... DALAI LAMA You always have to try to understand: Is it a good person who just made a bad decision. In most case... DENNY GREEN I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have. AUGUSTO PINOCHET I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which... GABRIEL BYRNE He gives the impression of being a president who's been overtaken by events and is out of touch. DOMINIQUE MOISI In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS A poor person is one who always thinks that he is being judged by whatever he does. VIKRANT PARSAI The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. NATALIE WOOD He was very clever, he gave the impression of being tolerant and kind, while actually being very dar... LOUISE PENNY A person who doesn’t understand both sides of an issue can’t relate to the side he is trying to ... DANIEL WILLEY The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle. JOHN RUSKIN The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle. JOHN RUSKIN To create a character who really interests you, try combining aspects of your favourite fictional ch... CAROLINE LAWRENCE It's difficult to describe the weirdness of speaking to a man who appears to be perfectly in con... LOUIS THEROUX He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense o... SARAH BERNHARDT He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense o... SARAH BERNHARDT There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly en... JOSH BILLINGS A lot is completely wrapped up in a first impression. But if you can take that first impression and ... AARON MILLER it's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. STEPHEN CHOBOSKY I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not e... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't want to be somebody's crush.if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY He made a very good impression. He's already got a campaign plan, national connections and movie-sta... HARRY WITHERS Genius is a person, who keeps his wife Sanity and his paramour Insanity, in a good humor without bei... DR HITESH C SHETH The books brought brilliance to my life, and they brought an understanding: Life is a story. Everyth... RENE DENFELD I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing... JACK DEE Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today h... THEODOR HERZL A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I don't know you very well, and i'm almost afraid to know you better. Maybe i love you because i don... ELLIOT MABEUSE I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good perso... J.B.S. HALDANE I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good perso... J. B. S. HALDANE Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining ... KEN BURNS We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, w... NANCY PEARCEY It's sweet and everything, but it's like you're not even there sometimes. It's great that you can li... STEPHEN CHBOSKY A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid... LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY A person who can not accept another as she/he is will only have discord in their relationship. JIM GENOVESE A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simp... EDWARD JAMES OLMOS World will be destroyed not by asteroids but by the people who are devoid of all human feelings towa... ANUJ SOMANY He left a good impression in his last few caps both as a football player and as a human being, MARCO VAN BASTEN I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public plac... GABRIEL BYRNE Pleasing things: finding a large number of tales that one has not read before. Or acquiring the seco... SEI SHōNAGON 185. It Is Getting So Dark I am the sort of person who approves of what others abhor and detes... SEI SHōNAGON 71. Rare Things -- A son-in-law who's praised by his wife's father. Likewise, a wife who's lov... SEI SHōNAGON 25. Flowering trees The blossom of the pear tree is the most prosaic, vulgar thing in the world... SEI SHōNAGON Cosas detestables Cuando uno tiene prisa por salir, llega alguien de visita y se queda ha... SEI SHōNAGON The Emperor’s cat had received the fifth rank, and was given the appropriate title-name ‘Myōbu�... SEI SHōNAGON Sarusawa Pond is a very special place, because the Emperor paid it a formal visit when he heard how ... SEI SHōNAGON A palm-leaf carriage should move slowly, or else it loses its dignity. 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SEI SHōNAGON 185. It Is Getting So Dark Whatever people may think of my book, I still regret that it ever ca... SEI SHōNAGON How ever did I pass the time before I knew you? I think of that past time as now I pa... SEI SHōNAGON Someone who butts in when you're talking and smugly provides the ending herself. Indeed anyone who b... SEI SHōNAGON 64. Surprising and Distressing Things While one is cleaning a decorative comb, something catc... SEI SHōNAGON To wash your hair, apply your makeup and put on clothes that are well-scented with incense. Even if ... SEI SHōNAGON 134. Letters are Commonplace Letters are commonplace enough, yet what splendid things they ar... SEI SHōNAGON A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if... SEI SHōNAGON In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of l... SEI SHōNAGON The person, who treads on the path of truth, refrains from deception, treachery, pretension, and rem... RIG VEDA [He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor ye... ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon. DAVID OGILVY Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and wit... ERALDO BANOVAC A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms... ALEXANDER DUMAS A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms... ALEXANDRE DUMAS A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms... AMBROSE BIERCE A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms... ALEXANDRE DUMAS
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