Quote
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
Dale Carnegie
Joke
A doctor accidentally prescribes his patient a laxative instead of a coughing syrup.
Three days later the patient comes for a check-up and the doctor asks: “Well? Are you still coughing?”
The patient replies: “No. I’m afraid to.”
Fun Fact
Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing.
History Fact
Mistaken Identity
In 1945, the British Royal Air Force accidentally sunk a ship full of holocaust victims. The ship, the SS Cap Arcona was being used as a prison ship to transport prisoners of Nazi concentration camps (Incidentally, the SS Cap Arcona was the very ship used to play the Titanic in the 1943 German film). Approximately 5,000 people died in the shipwreck—three times more than in the wreck of the actual Titanic.
Movie/TV Trivia
Armageddon
NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.
Movie/TV Quote
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
Wall Street, 1987
Conversation Starter
What is one thing you should never say at a wedding?
Writing Prompt
Your character's boss invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character wants to make a good impression, but her husband has a tendency to drink too much and say exactly what's on his mind...
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