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| ba9742f | By fall the settlers' situation was secure enough that they held a feast of thanksgiving. Massasoit showed up with ninety people, most of them young men with weapons. The Pilgrim militia responded by marching around and firing their guns in the air in a manner intended to convey menace. Gratified, both sides sat down, ate a lot of food, and complained about the Narragansett. Ecce Thanksgiving. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 7a33037 | A prerequisite for a successful scientific career is an enthusiastic willingness to pore through the minutiae of subjects that 99.9 percent of Earth's population find screamingly dull. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 64e367a | Both choices led to social unrest: the Jacquerie (France, 1358), the Revolt of Ciompi (Florence, 1378), the Peasants' Revolt (England, 1381), the Catalonian Rebellion (Spain, 1395), and dozens of flare-ups in the German states. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 8d3bcc7 | What Vogt saw in Peru would crystallize his picture of the world and the human place in it--a vision of limitation. It would bring him to the Prophet's essential belief: humans have no special dispensation to escape biological constraints. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 158fcfc | Colonial writers knew that disease tilled the virgin soil of the Americas countless times in the sixteenth century. But what they did not, could not, know is that the epidemics shot out like ghastly arrows from the limited areas they saw to every corner of the hemisphere, wreaking destruction in places that never appeared in the European historical record. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 042ca4f | Dobyns argued that the Indian population in 1491 was between 90 and 112 million people. Another way of saying this is that when Columbus sailed more people lived in the Americas than in Europe. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 82e4473 | One way to sum up the new scholarship is to say that it has begun, at last, to fill in one of the biggest blanks in history: the Western Hemisphere before 1492. It was, in the current view, a thriving, stunning diverse place, a tumult of languages, trade, and culture, a regiin where tens of millions of people loved and hated and worshipped as people do everywhere. Much of this world vanished after Columbus, swept away by disease and subjuga.. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| 8a5da02 | He that speaks seldom and opportunely, being as good as his word, is the only man they love," Wood explained. Character" | Charles C. Mann | ||
| fa9cecc | When microbes arrived in the Western Hemisphere, he argued, they must have swept from the coastlines first visited by Europeans to inland areas populated by Indians who had never seen a white person. Colonial writers knew that disease tilled the virgin soil of the Americas countless times in the sixteenth century. But what they did not, could not, know is that the epidemics shot out like ghastly arrows from the limited areas they saw to eve.. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| cf3e977 | Until Columbus, Indians were a keystone species in most of the hemisphere. Annually burning undergrowth, clearing and replanting forests, building canals and raising fields, hunting bison and netting salmon, growing maize, manioc, and the Eastern Agricultural Complex, Native Americans had been managing their environment for thousands of years. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| eb5e606 | I love acronyms, don't you? They are quick and easy tools for remembering important lessons that are too good to forget. The PEACE acronym goes straight to the heart of the matter for delivering "Service Beyond Self." When you do this one thing, you will increase your opportunities, earn loyalty and respect, and rock your first and last impressions. Persistently Exceed All Customer Expectations" -- | customer-service-quotes motivational-speaker-susan-young positive-first-impression-quotes positivity-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes selling-success service-beyond-self susanspeaks-com | Susan C. Young | |
| 2bc53a3 | Get outside your comfort zone. Stretch beyond your norm and try new things. | communication-skills confidence-and-attitude confidence-quotes first-impressions motivational-speaker relationship-quotes self-confidence self-esteem-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 05ac60f | Our cultural lens is so much a part of us that we are not even aware of how obvious it is to others. Like the nose on your face, you may forget that it is there, but everyone else sees it. I can't look at you and not see your nose. | customer-service-quotes employee-engagement mindfulness motivational-speaker-susan-young positive-first-impression-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susanspeaks-com | Susan C. Young | |
| 3f2a45d | Wouldn't you like to arrive to any event or situation with a sense of confidence and ease that things are as they need to be? | communication-skills motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 67a0577 | Get ready to take on the world from a position of personal power, strength, and intention! | communication-skills motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| f611576 | Ambiverts typically . . . * Can process information both internally and externally. They need time to contemplate on their own, but consider the opinions and wisdom from people whom they trust when making a decision. * Love to engage and interact enthusiastically with others, however, they also enjoy calm and profound communication. * Seek to balance between their personal time and social time, they value each greatly. * Are able to move fr.. | employee-engagement first-impressions-quotes hire-keynote-speaker introvert-or-extrovert motivational-leadership-speaker personality-styles quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| d0deb30 | As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill. | charm-quotes communication-quotes communication-skills first-impressions motivational-speaker relationship-quotes self-confidence self-esteem-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 40a9a9d | Whether it is in a sales situation, love at first sight, a husband and wife having an important conversation, a parent disciplining a child, or a teacher instructing her students, eye contact is a powerful body language for enriching engagement, focus, and communication. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| c1b4aae | UN-Impressive Acts of Indiscretion * Forwarding other people's emails without getting permission. * Throwing other people under the bus to save yourself. * Talking loudly, being boorish and insensitive to the others around you. * Flagrant cheating. * Burning bridges. * Talking smack. * Dissing your competitor to your customer. * Oversharing and revealing too much personal information about yourself and others. * Breaking trust by sharing s.. | best-motivational-speakers build-rapport communication-skills customer-service-quotes discretion first-impressions-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| c138bf6 | Being culturally aware and respectful of others' cultures will help you to keep the habit of making eye contact in context. As a matter of fact, in some parts of the world making eye contact can be construed as being exactly the opposite of what I am sharing in these pages. Making a great first impression is always about the specific environment and circumstance, isn't it? | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| f099785 | We've all been in the middle of a conversation and the person with whom we are speaking breaks eye contact, appears distracted, glazes over, or looks elsewhere. Their simple eye movement can quickly break down communications by making us feel ignored, dismissed, or rejected. For some, it may be accidental and unintentional, while for others, avoiding eye contact is on purpose. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| 481250d | Eye Contact Can Reveal if a Person is . . . * Shy or gregarious * Honest or deceitful * Confident or terrified * Interested or bored * Patient or irritated * Sincere or inauthentic * Organized or Unprepared * Attentive or distracted | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| 9b9170e | There are times when eye contact can move to the dark side and become creepy, hostile, rude, or condescending. When it is overused or made for the wrong reasons, eye contact can make others feel uncomfortable and leave a terrible impression . . . * obsessive staring * mocking * too much intensity * inappropriate focus * averting eyes * obvious contempt * gawking, ogling * casting the "evil eye" * over-watching * intimidating * unwelcome.. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| b211f54 | When speakers make eye contact with an audience, they will be perceived as being more prepared, more competent, confident, and trustworthy. Eye contact helps to relax the speaker and reminds them that their audience is made up of separate individuals who perceive things differently. Audience response is clearly seen in the expressions of their eyes. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| eb0fbaf | 7 Ways to Improve Eye Contact at any Time 1. Relax into the moment by smiling. 2. Practice making eye contact with people you trust, so that when you are with strangers, it is easier to form a connection. 3. When you feel uncomfortable, begin by looking at their mouth or forehead. 4. Lean in and show that you are interested and attentive. 5. Put a little space between you and the other person. 6. Remember that the other person may be feelin.. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| 47326f3 | Where readers of Murdoch can begin a new novel with a quiet confidence, opening a Burgess book is an exercise in anxiety: what the devil is he up to this time? | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 9598b0b | Memory. Symbol. Pattern. These are the three items that, more than any other, separate the professorial reader from the rest of the crowd. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 83e375d | of his need to assert responsibility for his own life. It may be that Adela does panic in the face of Nothingness, only recovering herself when she takes responsibility by recanting in the witness box. Perhaps it's all about nothing more than her own self-doubts, her own psychological or spiritual difficulties. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 7432f31 | And we feel that those characters couldn't be anywhere but where they are, that those characters couldn't say the things they say if they were uprooted and planted in, say, Minnesota or Scotland. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| c45ba4d | History is story, too. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| db2464b | Literary works are not democracies. We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. We may, but the country of Novels, Etc., doesn't. In that faraway place, no character is created equal. One or two of them get all the breaks; the rest exist to get them to the finish line. | equality heroes literature sidekicks | Thomas C. Foster | |
| 3a4b2a5 | Going After Cacciato | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| dd49c2a | corollaries--where have I seen his face, don't I know that | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| c635eb6 | I didn't want to let on how much firing the gun had effected me, but it had certainly turned my nuts into giant epcot centers of steel. the sense of power was unfathomable; suddenly I was the mightiest thing in existence, all men bowing before me. with the squeeze of a finger I could undo all goods creations. | Ryan C. Thomas | ||
| 6b358b5 | I guess some problems were too big to fix and you just hoped they would take care of themselves. | Ryan C. Thomas | ||
| e25b198 | Ishmael Reed | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| bf8e432 | In a well-maintained system, it might take a while to figure out how to make a change, but once you do, the change is usually easy and you feel much more comfortable with the system. In a legacy system, it can take a long time to figure out what to do, and the change is difficult also. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| afb3f01 | Encapsulation is a good thing, right? Well, don't ask testers about that; they are liable to bite your head off. Classes that are too big often hide too much. Encapsulation is great when it helps us reason about our code and when we know that certain things can be changed only under certain circumstances. However, when we encapsulate too much, the stuff inside rots and festers. There isn't any easy way to sense the effects of change, so peo.. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| 38926a4 | How do I test private methods?" Many people spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to get around this problem, but, as I mentioned in an earlier chapter, the real answer is that if you have the urge to test a private method, the method shouldn't be private; if making the method public bothers you, chances are, it is because it is part of a separate responsibility. It should be on another class." | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| f7dd37f | Big classes can hide too much. This question comes up over and over again from people new to unit testing: "How do I test private methods?" Many people spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to get around this problem, but, as I mentioned in an earlier chapter, the real answer is that if you have the urge to test a private method, the method shouldn't be private; if making the method public bothers you, chances are, it is because it i.. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| a988def | The most subtle bugs that we can inject are bugs related to inheritance. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| d914123 | Over time, the system will get better as long as people aren't introducing duplication behind your back. If they are, you can take steps with them short of physical violence, but that is another issue. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| 31d33cf | Effective software change, like effective surgery, really involves deeper skills. Working with care doesn't do much for you if you don't use the right tools and techniques. Cover | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| 374fc44 | the less you behave like you care, the less you come to care. The less you care, the more you can stay on track with your personal mission and the more frustrated the bad guys become because their mission is destruction. | Laura C. Schlessinger |