If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about ev — John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about ev — John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about ev — John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about ev — John Steinbeck
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about ev — John Steinbeck
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If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.

— John Steinbeck
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