Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
I think that this question is very complicated. When you have so many options, it become too difficult to make a choice. I started thinking about it and first idea was Hitler, then Gandi, then Osho… I consider, that the world is full of delightful people. Let`s imagine that I have a dinner with Osho. What would it be? I suppose, that it would be rather lecture than discussion. Maybe reread some of his books would be more fruitful. So, I understood that I have to come down and use this opportunity for the benefit of myself. Is there anyone whom you cannot understand by books or speeches?
Yes, it is! I would like to spend the time with Ron Habbard. He is the founder of the Church of Scientology. He wrote more than ten thousand authored works and three thousand tape-recorded lectures of Dianetics and Scientology. He was incredibly productive author. On the other hand, he has built an organization with millions and millions of members around the world. He gathered wealth from nothing! What is the most attractive for me in this case is his motivation. As near as I can guess by his diaries and interviews, he was mentally healthy person. He didn’t believe in all that bullshit in his books. Hubbard is widely rumored to have said "The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion." He was a shrewd businessman, not mad man.
I think that it might be the best way to spend such an opportunity. I would like to ask him face-to-face: What is the main aim of his work? Does he believe in Scientology? What does he think about his followers? Are they mad?
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Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom* would you want as a dinner guest?
I think that this question is very complicated. When you have so many options, it becomes too difficult to make a choice. I started thinking about it and my first idea was Hitler, then Gandi, then Osho… I think that the world is full of delightful people. Let`s imagine that I have a dinner with Osho. What would it be? I suppose that it would be more lecture than discussion**. Maybe rereading some of his books would be more fruitful. So, I understood that I have to come down and use this opportunity for the benefit of myself. Is there anyone whom* you cannot understand by books or speeches?Yes, there is! I would like to spend the time with Ron Hubbard. He is the founder of the Church of Scientology. He wrote more than ten thousand authored works and three thousand tape-recorded lectures of Dianetics and Scientology. He was an incredibly prolific author. On the other hand, he has built an organization with millions and millions of adherents around the world. He gathered wealth from nothing! What is the most attractive for me in this case is his motivation. As near as I can see from his diaries and interviews, he was sane. He didn’t believe in what he wrote. Hubbard is widely rumored to have said "The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion." He was a shrewd businessman, not a madman.
I think that it might be the best way to spend such an opportunity. I would like to ask him face-to-face: What is the main aim of your work? Do you believe in Scientology? What do you think about your followers? Are they mad?
*'whom' is good for formal writing, and I don't think you would be marked down in exams for it (check with your exam body) but 'who' would be said in reality.
**or, more monologue than dialogue, although yours is perfectly good, too. 'Conversation': the intersection of two monologues - Dorothy Parker (I think).
Very well written!
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"a hell of a <something>" means "a very significant <something>".
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Great choice! I love it))
But I didn't understand why it would be a hell for you
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Well, given opportunity, I think I'd choose a member of my own family who already passed away rather than any famous person. For instance, one o my great-grandfathers was a Dutch-Brazilian fisherman who had a lot of children and lived for 104 years... he died in 2003, I never had a chance to talk to him since I was too young by that time.
that seems kinda selfish, I know, but that would be a hell of a dinner for me, you know what I mean?
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