from my fav Doctor Who episode, on Van Gogh:
"He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world. No one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again."

whenever someone is in danger—whether it's themselves, someone else, or you. (gently nudging them toward help can be appropriate way earlier than that, but this would be my criteria for the "skip" and "insist" parts of your question)

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Idk if anyone uses it as a verb haha but a personality hire is someone who gets hired bc of their personality rather than technical skill/expertise! Like they're just that likable and personable

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(refraining from advice in case this is a vent and not a question, but curious about the context if you feel like sharing!)