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I believe Andrew Carnegie called this recommendation for influencing others “give a bad dog a good name.”
by bredren 6y ago
I believe Andrew Carnegie called this recommendation for influencing others “give a bad dog a good name.”
- lern_too_spel 6y agoYou probably mean Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, and not Andre Carnegie, steel magnate.
- haimez 6y agoI enjoy the irony of getting to be the one to point out and the poetry of “Andre Carnegie” immensely. I’m sorry this came at the expense of your typo.
- bredren 6y agoThe context appropriate response would have been: “great of you to share this mention and also the close-to-correction on the author’s name. You may also find it interesting that Andre C...“ Though to go meta on myself, your humor here is wonderful. You might enjoy an even stronger response with ...
- abraae 6y agoIndeed. Andrew Carnegie's missives were less noble, and more fitting of a steel magnate: "Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs."
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- bredren 6y agoYikes. Definitely meant Dale Carnegie.
- aurelius12 6y agoWow. I feel like I just read a line from some kind of James Bond comic book villain. I know he was serious, and that he's probably right, but still, wow!
- xdavidliu 6y agonit: you probably mean Andrew Carnegie, famous steel magnate, not Andre Carnegie, who isn't famous.
- klipt 6y agoBut he did star in "My Dinner with Andre Carnegie"
- asdasfasdfasdf 6y agoI believe this is a twist to the old english phrase "Give a dog a bad name and hang him" - which as wikipedia points out, is rooted in the concept of negativity bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_a_dog_a_bad_name_and_hang_him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_a_dog_a_bad_name_and_hang...