“You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.”

—  Harry Dean Stanton

Quoted in The Greatest Quotations of All-Time by Anthony St Peter (2010) p. 155 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8n_w0jNlJO4C&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22You+want+people+walking+away+from+the+conversation+with+some+kernel+of+wisdom+or+some+kind+of+impact.%22&source=bl&ots=TwFxSPy-Gf&sig=yreXTzDTsoNNS1BwMi9hAtGjRGM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sHEyT865EszqOfmvueQG&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22You%20want%20people%20walking%20away%20from%20the%20conversation%20with%20some%20kernel%20of%20wisdom%20or%20some%20kind%20of%20impact.%22&f=false

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American actor, musician, and singer 1926–2017

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