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Hunger is
never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with
praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the
appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.
-- Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author
Usually we
praise only to be praised.
-- Francois De La
Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical
Writer
Everybody
likes a compliment.
-- Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865, Sixteenth
President of the USA
After [my
father had] seen me in five or six things, he said, ''Son,
your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I
must say that you're a lot like John Wayne.'' And I said,
''How so?'' And he said, ''Well, you're exactly the same in
all your roles.'' Now, as a modern American actor, that's
not what you want to hear. But for a guy who watched John
Wayne movies and grew up in Iowa, it's a sterling
compliment.
-- Dermot Mulroney
1963-, American Actor,
Musician, Producer
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Don't tell a
woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like
her, and all roads will open to you.
-- Jules Renard
1864-1910, French Author,
Dramatist
There's
nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going ''Oh
God, I really love your hair.''
-- Gavin Rossdale
1967-, British-born American
Musician, Singer, Songwriter
The greatest
compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I
thought, and attended to my answer.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
I really lack
the words to compliment myself today.
-- Alberto Tomba
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