Jefferson could strike up the band even when he was being lazy or fearful.

Richard Brookhiser
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  1. One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others make them feel important. It is one of the deepest human desires. - Roy T. Bennett

  2. The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel. - Roy T. Bennett

  3. If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give–the ability to influence. - Shannon L. Alder

  4. If you have influence on other people. Dont be influenced by their hate, money, jealousy, anger and popularity . - Unknown

  5. Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. - Alan Keightley

More Quotes By Richard Brookhiser
  1. A storyteller, a displaced poet, will absorb reading differently.

  2. Young, healthy communities can afford to roll the dice.

  3. The towering genius is not apolitical.

  4. He might not take their advice, but he took their temperature.

  5. Lincoln was a master of small group theatrics.

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