"So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener."

May 08, 2006 22:11

"During the darkest hours of the Civil War, Lincoln wrote to an old friend out in Springfield, Illinois, asking him to come to Washington. Lincoln said he had some problems he wanted to discuss with him. The old neighbour called at the White House, and Lincoln talked to him for hours about the advisability of issuing a proclamation freeing the ( Read more... )

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dhesve89 May 9 2006, 06:01:44 UTC
Shady title indeed. But have you heard of Zig Ziglar?

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hoofasa May 9 2006, 06:08:00 UTC
Nope, but I shall surely wiki it sometime.

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hoofasa May 9 2006, 06:08:31 UTC
I mean him. I mean her. I mean.........YOU! AHHH!

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jedifreac May 9 2006, 11:04:21 UTC
I should read that book again

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x_sinsanity_x May 10 2006, 00:07:35 UTC
shady indeed. *shifty eyes*

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tygerofdanyte May 10 2006, 09:52:52 UTC
hey. long time. how have you been? just got my internet back a few days ago.

anyway... while logic is one of hte most wonderful things out there, you've got to understand, we can't really use logic that concretely in our world, especially when dealing with people and understanding people. sadly, we arne't built to speak logically. our stupid emotions (shakes fist at them) confound us so. =) but yeah. that's a great book

and before I just came back and started sputed retarded shit. umm.. hi again ^^;;

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hoofasa May 13 2006, 05:47:42 UTC
Hmm, this is all very true =) But surely logic can provide some sort of guideline?

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