#impress

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

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Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression. ↗

— Henry Home

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I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world. ↗

— Marie de France

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Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. ↗

— Will Smith

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If music leaves any impression at all, it does so without regard to stylistic issues. ↗

— Aulis Sallinen

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Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions. ↗

— Thomas Couture

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In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics. ↗

— Richard Branson

#business

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The first time you try Gorgonzola cheese you may find it too strong, but when you are older you may want to eat nothing but Gorgonzola cheese. Klaus, when Sunny was born, did not like her at all, but by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thieves. Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#change

When I first met Cara, she was twelve and angry at the world. Her parents had split up, her brother was gone, and her mom was infatuated with some guy who was missing vowels in his unpronounceable last name. So I did what any other man in that situation would do: I came armed with gifts. I bought her things that I thought a twelve-year-old would love: a poster of Taylor Lautner, a Miley Cyrus CD, nail polish that glowed in the dark. "I can't wait for the next Twilight movie," I babbled, when I presented her with the gifts in front of Georgie. "My favorite song on the CD is 'If We Were a Movie.' And I almost went with glitter nail polish, but the salesperson said this is much cooler, especially with Halloween coming up." Cara looked at her mother and said, without any judgment, "I think your boyfriend is gay. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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