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We can be thoughtful people, and also use our intelligence to craft thoughtful and sincere compliments about each other's outfits by the office coffeemaker.
But we do all this for ourselves, to feel good by beating the other guys and then walking through the garage hearing sincere compliments.
It is mildly funny to watch as an egotistical young student playwright (Tate Ellington) and subsequently an insufferably self-satisfied novelist (Jonathan Cake) fly into seething rages when faced with Philip's blandly sincere compliments, mistaking them for jabs from a silk-wrapped rapier.
"When relevant offer up something about yourself, like your obsession with John Stamos or how you are currently binge-watching the entire sixth season arc of The West Wing or found the best Etsy store for vintage salt shakers". The gap between being a terrible small talker and an OK small talker is bridged by giving sincere compliments.
Offer sincere compliments whenever possible.
She offered that, in her experience, people in general don't offer sincere compliments like I do.
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"I consider it a very sincere compliment," Mr. Golisano said during the White Plains news conference.
Ms. Randell plays Garson like the best of the drag queens, and that's a sincere compliment.
His warm greeting was followed by what he meant as a sincere compliment: "You did a wonderful job painting that stoop yesterday".
"I really enjoy your blog" can either be a sincere compliment or a sarcastic put-down — both look identical on the page, and prosody would communicate the difference in spoken language.
Mr. Manton has also avoided the allegations of corruption that tarnished his predecessor, which his admirers present as a sincere compliment, given that he has been party chairman for 15 years.
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