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About this quote

What does it mean?
Welles jokes about needing three companions to avoid intimate dinners, implying his social needs.
In plain terms
He likes dinner parties with three others.
What can you take from it?
Choose your social settings wisely.

Where it applies

  • planning events
  • dating
  • friendship

Putting it to work

  • plan gatherings
  • set boundaries

Questions to consider

  • Who should you share meals with?

Another view

It is a joke, not a rule.

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