Edwin Newman Quotes

Few things concentrate the mind more efficiently than the necessity of saying what you mean. It brings you face to face with what you are talking about, what you are actually proposing. It gets you away from the catch phrases that not merely substitute for thought but preclude it.

Edwin Newman

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• Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.

  

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• It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?

  

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• We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.

  

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• My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.

  

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• With proper governance, life will improve for all.

  

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• Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

  

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• You cannot say, 'No, Lord,' and mean both words; one annuls the other. If you say no to Him, then He is not your Lord.

  

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• Few things concentrate the mind more efficiently than the necessity of saying what you mean. It brings you face to face with what you are talking about, what you are actually proposing. It gets you away from the catch phrases that not merely substitute for thought but preclude it.

  

  Edwin Newman
  • Mean
  • Concentrate
  • Proposing