I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.
I was, aged nine, the go-to kid in Minneapolis for a commercial voiceover.
There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.