“If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.”

— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

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American writer and lecturer 1888–1955

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