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You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them -- no matter how old or impressive they may be -- as if they are children. For most of us never really grow up or mature all that much -- we simply grow taller. O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.Leo Rosten
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
Leo Rosten
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
Leo Rosten
Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.
Leo Rosten
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
Leo Rosten
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Leo Rosten
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