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A good buddy of mine is loud. But we are also guys. So with us, it's not rude to ask him to lower his voice. Simply say, "Not so loud." as they start there sentance, and it's cool.
When I was younger, I had a habbit of befriending those gals that would talk endlessly, and not pause long enough to let you have an actual conversation. One day, I decided to try something... I interupted her. Just long enough to coment on what she was saying, mind you. So that I turn her monolog into a dialog. And it works! The next time I bumped into her, we chatted. And she became a lot more fun to be around.
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"I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something - or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip."
Roger Zelazny
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