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Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it

Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life. – Attributed to H.W. Beecher

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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. – Albert Camus

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Of course, behaviorism works. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. – W. H. Auden

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Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. – Honore de Balzac

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Visitors should behave in such a way that the host and hostess feel at home. – J.S. Farynski

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We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster. – Martha Beck

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I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning Ive done in my life is between jobs. – Anthony Michael Hall

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A lot of women these days, a lot of young women dont want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous girl power sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think its a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion. – Ani DiFranco

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