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In context it may be more impactful. In the book "Made to Stick", the authors make the point that most people think that the their final "one-liner" is the most
by seanlinehan 14y ago
In context it may be more impactful. In the book "Made to Stick", the authors make the point that most people think that the their final "one-liner" is the most impactful portion of their writing or their speech, but it turns out that the story leading up to that sound-bite is usually much more important and memorable. This may one of those situation. (Which, in all fairness, would probably have been noticed and not used as a pull-quote had the book been written in more than 3 days)
- jamesbritt 14y agoOK, I get that, like the punch line of a joke, the part that gets the reaction may only make sense given all that lead up to it. But I'm skeptical. I've seen a few too many "Rorschach aphorisms" where some readers, really wanting to believe that the text has some important meaning for them, end up inventing it for what is essentially trite or content-free.