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The public wants to know why or why not. They don't want to know how you're going to do it.
Frank Luntz
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Frank Luntz
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 23
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This book [ Win] is based on the interviews with three dozen Fortune 400 - or Forbes 400, the richest people, and a couple dozen of the top CEOs.I wanted to know what language they use to be successful, and I wanted to know the attributes that could then be applied to the average individual.
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The most powerful call to action of anything that we've ever tested: Let's get to work.I didnt create that phrase. It came from Rick Scott, the current governor of Florida.
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Writing a book is the most difficult, anxiety-prone aspect of my life because the words that I put on paper are very serious to me.
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The problem is people become so angry. And they become so vicious.
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Politics is gut commercials are gut.
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Richard Nixon's career certainly ended in failure but someone who won an election with 60 percent of the vote, won 49 out of 50 states, that makes his -up to that point - incredibly successful. The idea of winning 49 states, incredible.
Frank Luntz
We will be far more effective as communicators when we acknowledge our mistakes, and then we try to make them up.
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People want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. ... You can have the best product, the best service, the best argument in a debate. But without the effective words you still lose. In the end you need good principles and good language if you are to succeed.
Frank Luntz
Eighty percent of our life is emotion, and only 20 percent is intellect. I am much more interested in how you feel than how you think. I can change how you think, but how you feel is something deeper and stronger, and it's something that's inside you.
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The Tucson speech [of Barack Obama] was brilliant, and I'm so angry at Republicans for jumping on him because you have to give credit. Part of being successful is to give credit to people who you may not disagree with when they do well.
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Richard Nixon will always go down as a failure because of one stupid, moral - and that goes back to that last chapter, on principles.
Frank Luntz
The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy diversity they don't create any incentives they don't produce solar, hydro, nuclear.
Frank Luntz
You need good principles and good language if you are to succeed.
Frank Luntz
A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.
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My father was a dentist, and I always thought that he was one of the 10. It's an interesting way to personalize and humanize, which is one of the most important aspects of communication.
Frank Luntz
Bill Clinton was effective because he had that personal relationship, that this was a guy who had tremendous curiosity, which is another one of the key attributes. And he had the ability - his mind was - his mind and his heart were very well-connected. And so he genuinely empathized.
Frank Luntz
The second most important attribute of winners, after understanding the human dimension, is knowing what questions to ask, the rhetorical nature.
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Most voters would rather have their purse or wallet stolen than be audited by the IRS.
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While it is important to trash the governor, it should be done in the context of regret, sadness and balance.
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There are about 50 or 60 recommendations [in Win] for how to communicate, not just the words themselves. All of them had to be tested. And in this short amount of time, it's just very time-consuming and very stressful to ensure that you get it right.
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