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By Chendil Kumar
In anecdotes, HUMOR, Mark Twain, one-liners, Public Speaking, quips, Quotes
Posted August 8, 2010

Mark Twain – A Public Speaker’s Treasure Chest !

To be precise, MY treasure chest ! While looking around for sources of inspiring quotes to sparkle my speeches , I found a formidable trio in George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain. A [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In anecdotes, quips
Posted February 18, 2009

Employer and Provider !

I was chatting up with a friend working in the IT sector and the talk veered around the general gloom all over. He said” My organisation is only an employer but our Provider is up there and [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In Analogies, Public Speaking, quips
Posted June 30, 2008

A Speech Opener on speaking fast !

I was talking to a team of salesmen about voice modulation (rate, pitch and volume) and used this comment by Barry Goldwater about Hubert Humphrey as a speech opener and the analogy stuck [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In Advice, HUMOR, quips
Posted June 30, 2008

Some thoughts on ADVICE

“Be yourself” is the worst advice you can give some people The trouble with giving advice is people want to repay you ! The best advice ? Say nothing often ! – Source Unknown [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In HUMOR, Public Speaking, quips
Posted June 22, 2008

Think it over !

I like to make people laugh so they take my message seriously ! -Anon

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By Chendil Kumar
In anecdotes, Persuasion, Public Speaking, quips
Posted May 25, 2008

Well crafted and delivered… but….

Image via WikipediaA young priest asked Abraham Lincoln after a church ceremony – “Did you like the sermon ?” Lincoln replied ‘ It was well crafted and delivered” [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In Communication, Public Speaking, quips
Posted May 19, 2008

What makes a great speaker ?

Image via WikipediaAfter hearing Daniel Webster speak, David Crockett said to him- “I had heard that you are a great man, but I don’t think so. I heard your speech and understood [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In anecdotes, Inspiration, Pulitzer Prize, quips
Posted May 10, 2008

Where was man ?

Image via Wikipedia The most profound statement yet made about Auschwitz was not a statement at all, but a response. The query: At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God ? And the answer : [...]

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By Chendil Kumar
In HUMOR, quips, Quotes
Posted April 26, 2008

Life is a paradox !

Life is a paradox !What you want, you don’t get !What you get you don’t enjoy !What you enjoy is not permanentWhat is permanent is boring !– Source unknown Disclaimer: I do not [...]

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