If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better ...
Source: “Thinking It Over,” by Thomas Waterman Wood, 1884, FP - XIX - W8792, no. 2, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Much of the advice we receive consists of ...