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A befitting Shakespearean quotation adds charm, elegance and punch to any presentation.

Innovation, Coriolanus, Shakespeare in management

Posted on March 2, 2012 by jimmie

“What custom wills, in all things should we do’t, The dust on antique time would lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heapt For truth to o’er-peer.” (Coriolanus act 2 sc. 3) Tips for Use. When you are proposing a new, brilliant project or idea and meet with the usual resistance by the entrenched, Read More

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No Hope Left

Posted on March 1, 2012 by jimmie

“…O my breast, Thy hope ends here!” (Macbeth act 4 sc.3) Tips for Use. Your reaction to a piece of news that puts an end to your hopes or expectations. Your reaction to the utterings by politicians of the left or the right. In the play. Malcolm portrays himself as unfit to govern (after the Read More

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All the World’s a Stage

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jimmie

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His act being seven ages (As You Like It, act 2, sc. 7) Tips for Use. A wry comment whenever you feel that there is something Read More

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Dinner Toast Shakespeare Style

Posted on February 28, 2012 by jimmie

“Now, good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!” (Macbeth, Act 3, sc. 4) Tips for Use. Ideal when you are addressing a business or other audience before a dinner. In the play. After having Banquo killed by two terrorists, Macbeth organizes a banquet in his castle, but Banquo’s ghost is hovering about. Therefore Read More

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A Consummation devoutly to be (un)wished?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by jimmie

“… and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to; ‘tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.” (Hamlet act 3 sc. 1) Tips for Use. Shakespeare quotations are  found everywhere, in literature, history and essays, English and foreign. Often the quotes are included while Read More

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Why do you need a Raise

Posted on February 13, 2012 by jimmie

“I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse; borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable.” (KHIV.p2.1.2) Tip for Use. Often employers temporize on giving you a raise and wait when you will gather enough gumption to broach the subject. Even so, they may ask you why do Read More

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