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Being polite does not mean being mummified.

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Obviously I'm going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me.

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I try to behave myself, and I succeed.

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I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition? Of course I do. Do I have a blind belief in it? No.

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First. I began my career as a copy girl. and the White House coverage, for example, was in the then-Women's section. So it was social coverage. It wasn't news, although we often got rather startling news out of it.

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Over the last couple of decades, the personalization of the office changed dramatically... there's an informality people often take for the absence of rules - which it's not.

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People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.

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Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you're giving them.

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Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 13th, 1938

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