August 21, 2009Poison Phrase: Are you nice or necessary?

I trainer I like a lot listed a number of quotes she found inspiring. One was,

- Are you nice or necessary?

There are some things I like about this quote, but it’s a false choice. Isn’t it possible to be both? I say it is, and classify this as a Poison Phrase because it implies that you can’t.

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