Most businesses gradually get better at detecting offenders before they bring them on as customers. But there’s got to be a better way.
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Which celebrity would you most like to see in person?
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I have a confession: Fantasy fiction and I don’t jibe.
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The real value of a speaking engagement—for the speaker—comes at the end.
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In truth, people don’t pay as much attention to us as we think they do.
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Today, we mostly consume art to understand what the artists have to say.
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Doesn't everyone schedule weekends?
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Is this the default? If it's for females, it must be pink?
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The world is biased against morning folk.
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Is it easier to love or hate?
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As much as I did manage to accomplish, I didn't achieve everything I set out to achieve in 2012.
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For 2012, this is the last scheduled entry. It's an odd feeling, reaching the end of the topic list.
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I'm sorry that kids today don't have the parental untethering I did when I left for school.
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Most people associate bragging with bad manners—and for some bragging, they're not wrong. Yet there are polite ways to brag.
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People in developing countries are not less driven by consumerism and advancement than people in more developed countries.
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There's validity in the notion that talking about something gives it reality.
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There's incredible difficulty in ensuring a reader hates a character—but doesn't hate him so terribly much that he can't keep reading.
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The dominant pop psychology is that people should completely unplug from work when on vacation. I disagree.
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