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An Effective Speaker Can Do More Damage Or More Good In A Well-stated Minute Than An Angry Klutz Could Do In Half An Hour.

Being The Offspring Of English Teachers Is A Mixed Blessing. When The Film Star Says To You, On The Air, 'it Was A Perfect Script For She And I,' Inside Your Head You Hear, In The Sarcastic Voice Of Your Late Father, 'perfect For She, Eh? And Perfect For I, Also?'

You Have To Be On Tv A Surprisingly Long Time Before You're Stopped On The Street. Then, When You Are, You Get A Lot Of, 'hey, You're Great! What's Your Name Again?'

All Three Of My Parents - I Also Had A Stepmother - Were Teachers, And My Dad Taught High School, And As He Always Reminded Me When I Was Going To Spend Some Money On Something, 'your Mother And I, In The Depression, Had To Decide Whether To Spend A Dime On A Loaf Of Bread Or If We Could Go To A Movie With It.'

Chris Matthews Can't Start Any Sentence Without 'let Me Ask You This... ' And I Love Chris Matthews! But Almost Everybody In Journalism Does It. Who's Stopping You? Just Say It!