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Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the mos

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor. – Marcus Valerius Martial

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Throw away those books and cassettes on inspirational leadership. Send those consultants packing. Know your job, set a good example for the people under you and put results over politics. Thats all the charisma youll really need to succeed. – Dyan Machan

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Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emersons 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is there some common quality among these Representative Men who have been most successful as our leaders? I call it the need to be authentic – Daniel J. Boorstin

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No one has it who isnt capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isnt false. – P. D. James

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I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight… – Ella Baker

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