Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or patheticโit makes people come to you.
Robert GreeneWhen you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Robert GreeneCompelling spectacles are not to reach a niche market, it could be for reaching a niche marketing but on a grand scale. This is for grand marketing.
Robert GreeneAll the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.
Robert GreeneIn the past, Being able to follow what you're naturally "should" be good at was limited to a very few people in a country like the United States, It was white men who basically had the privileges - or, you name whatever country it is, there's some group of elites who, through various processes of democratization and things like the internet and the information that's available. It's exploding!
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