The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
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Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don't show up. They want to be missed when they're gone.
Interpretation
People desire to feel valued and missed by others when they are absent.
This quote highlights a fundamental human need for connection and recognition from those around us. It suggests that the true measure of our relationships lies in the emotional impact we have on others, emphasizing the importance of being missed, which signifies that our presence makes a difference in the lives of others.
In practice
In a eulogy, this quote can remind everyone of the lasting impact a person has on their loved ones.
The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.
Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again
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The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.
Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that is creative, passionate and personal. Art is the unique work of a human being created to touch another. Art is created to have an impact, to change someone else.
Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.
The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.
If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones who are really good at it are the ones who break my heart the most.
I was guilty and irritated and full of love and pain. I wanted to kick him and I wanted to take him in my arms.
Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
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