"Poise: the ability to be ill at..." - Quote by Earl Wilson
Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
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“[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character.”
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