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... the ght in the dog.” —Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower (1 890 – 196 9), 34th U.S. President 11. “Dogs are our link to paradise.” —Milan Kundera ( 192 9–) Franco-Czech novelist★on your ownSome people say ... difference between a dog and a man.” —Mark Twain (1835– 191 0), writer 7. “If man’s best friend is a dog, his worst is dogma.” —Leo Rosten ( 190 8– 199 7), writer 8. “I like pigs. Dog...

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... • iCOMPELLING CONVERSATIONSQuestions and Quotations on Timeless TopicsAN ENGAGING ESL TEXTBOOK FOR ADVANCED STUDENTSWritten, Compiled, and Edited byEric H. Roth and Toni Aberson Compelling Conversations: Questions ... Media LLCAll other photos by Laurie SelikChimayo Press Dedicated to Dani Herbert Joseph Roth ( 193 7– 199 7) A global citizen, he could talk with almost anyone, in six dif...

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... this book by the Conversation Club promises to lead to even more compelling conversations. Please visit our website, www.compellingconversations.com, to offer feed-back, suggest additional topics, ... progress. Compelling Conversations gives you the tools and phrases to talk more and listen better to friends and strangers in English. Finally, I hope you enjoy creating many compellin...

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... —John Wayne ( 190 7– 197 9), American actor8. “Keep it light, bright and polite.” —English proverb9. “Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself.” —Erich Fromm ( 190 0– 198 0), psychologist10. ... they are all different.” —Robert Zend ( 192 9– 198 5), American writer 6. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” —Theodore Roosevelt (1858– 191 9), 26th U.S. Presiden...

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... the world.” —Virginia Satir ( 191 6– 198 8), family therapist 5. “Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.”—Laurence J. Peter ( 191 9– 199 0) educator and author 6. ... —Evan Esar (1 899 – 199 5), American humorist13. “Peace and rest at length have come, All the day’s long toil is past, And each heart is whispering, Home, Home at last!” —Thomas Hood (1...

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... What dishes do you cook?“Gluttony is not a secret vice.” Orson Welles ( 191 5– 198 5), great director/actor 14 • www.compellingconversations.comvocAbulAryPlease circle the words that you know. Write ... Kenneth Galbraith ( 190 8–) ambassador, economist 5. “Live. Love. Eat.”—Wolfgang Puck ( 194 9–), chef6. “When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.” —Francois Rabelais (1 495 –1553...

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... of Carnegie?” —Albert Einstein (18 79 195 5), Nobel Prize winner in Physics 12. “Generous people are rarely mentally ill people.” —Karl Menninger (1 893 – 199 0) American psychiatrist ★on your ownWhat ... Einstein (18 79 195 5), scientist and Time magazine’s Man of the 20th Century 13. “For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction.” —Peter McWilliams...

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... ............................................................................................... 24 • www.compellingconversations.comthe conversAtion continues…1. Do you exercise regularly? What are your favorite ... writer 5. “Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.” —Algernon Swinburne (1837– 190 9), English writer and critic 6. “A sound mind in a sound body is a short...

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... give up the day job.BOOKLIST: agents• Writers’ and artists’ yearbook, London: A&C Black, 199 9. Firstpublished in the first decade of the 20th century, this has nearly700 pages packed with ... WRITING4AtoZtext.qxd 22/02/00 13:51 Page 4 • The writer’s handbook, edited by Barry Turner, London:Macmillan 199 9. A more recent guide, with 750 pages packedwith similar information. All thi...

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