"I'm going to come up with a big hit," he said smiling, accepting, waiting for those goose bumps.
If you're afraid of appearing vulnerable when you smile, accept that any form of vulnerability suggested by a smile is precisely what makes it such a powerful act.
Instead, he smiles, accepts the envoys' offerings of food aid, and talks chummily of other things.Over the past four years, Congo's war has claimed more lives than any other.
Mrs. Clinton, wearing a white suit and a wide smile, accepted the Democratic nomination for president shortly before 11 00 Eastern time.
The Nigerian president, also in white, disembarked with a smile, accepted a live chicken and a plate of kola nuts from a pair of Liberian elders, and strolled slowly alongside Mr. Taylor down the red carpet.
Her reaction comes down to how women are taught to smile and accept the compliment, says Annese.
Donna Shalala, Miami's president, was photographed in 2008 smiling and accepting a $50,000 basketball fund-raising check from Shapiro at a bowling alley, her vigilance apparently compromised by a dash for cash.
In passages shown later on television, he was a picture of smiling geniality, accepting prolonged applause as he entered the conference room, then leaning back with total self-assurance and ease as others ran through briefings.
Or, is the Starbucks-sponsored "10 Summer Emojis That Should Definitely Exist" no charade at all, but actually the future of media that we should just smile and accept?
Instead, calling on the resilience I strove to uncover in myself, I smile and accept the challenge, work hard to adjust myself, and drive the ball right back.
