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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. Dogs look up to us. ... equals.”—Winston Churchill (1874– 196 5), British Prime Minister 9. “Animals are such agreeable friends–they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”—George Elliot (18 19 1 890 ), English novelist 10....

... • 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 PressDedicated to Dani Herbert Joseph Roth ( 193 7– 199 7) A global citizen, he could talk with almost anyone, in six different languages, and share ... www.booksurge.com1-866-308-6235orders@booksurge.comBookSurge is a division of Amazon Books, Inc.Please visit www.compellingconversations.comto share comments, ask questions, contribute quotations or buy books. Cover...

... 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 compelling conversations! ... Beauty ...................... 892 9. Dating .......................................................... 93 30. Enjoying Money .......................................... 96 31. Eating Out ......................................................

... —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. President 7. “Talk low, ... ..................................................................................................4 • www.compellingconversations.com“Accept me as I am—only then will we discover each other.”Federico Fellini ( 192 0– 199 3), Italian director/screenwriter telling...

... 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 (1 798 –1845), English ... —Robert Frost (1874– 196 3), American poet 8. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish as fools.” —Dr. Martin Luther King ( 192 9– 196 8), Nobel Peace Prize recipient 9. “The family...

... What dishes do you cook?“Gluttony is not a secret vice.” Orson Welles ( 191 5– 198 5), great director/actor14 • 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), satirist ... ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 • www.compellingconversations.com“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.” Agatha Christie (1 890 – 197 6), British crime fiction writer 6eXPloRing...

... 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 ( 194 9–2000) American ... from the other guy.’ ” —Jerry Lewis ( 192 6–), American comedian 9. “I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. —Norman O. Brown ( 191 3–2002), American scholar 10. “Man’s...

... ...............................................................................................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, but full description ... (1706–1 790 ), American icon8. “Health is so necessary to all duties, as well as the pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to folly.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson (17 09 1784),...

... 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 this and a foreword ... things worse.BOOKLIST: legal problems• McNae’s Essential law for journalists, London: Butterworths, 199 9. For those who are really interested, this is the standardbook for journalists. It is constantly...