Conversation Quotes - Page 13

• The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Fear, Vanity, Talking

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• The conversation around policing is painful but I believe it provides us with an opportunity to learn, to change and to grow.

  Ed Murray

  Change, Believe, Opportunity

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• Is it a form of social play that underneath the words people say, there is a different conversation going on?

  Vanna Bonta

  Play, People, Different

  "Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel". Book by Vanna Bonta, June 1995.

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• Eat without the TV going on. Learn to appreciate food with only the entertainment of conversation-yours and someone else's.

  Perry Brass

  Appreciate, Entertainment, Tvs

  Perry Brass (1998). “The Lover of My Soul: A Search for Ecstasy and Wisdom”, p.26, Perry Brass

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• Start a conversation with someone with whom you have "nothing in common" and no possibility of scoring with, networking with, or even seeing again. In other words, a conversation just for the civilized hell of it.

  Perry Brass

  Networking, Common, Hell

  Perry Brass (1998). “The Lover of My Soul: A Search for Ecstasy and Wisdom”, p.26, Perry Brass

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• I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role of the federal government, i do hope that Common Core will be one more, one more reason for us to have this bigger debate, this bigger conversation about the proper role of the federal government in local education.

  Bobby Jindal

  Education, Party, Thinking

  "Common Core fight a larger battle over the size of government" by Jeremy Diamond, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2015.

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• It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.

  Tony Abbott

  Friendship, Australia, Depth

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• None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like angry creditors, are continually making fruitless demands for what he is unable to pay; and the greater his former pleasures, the more strong his regret, the more impatient his expectations. A life of pleasure is, therefore, the most unpleasing life.

  James Goldsmith

  Life, Strong, Regret

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• It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one's mind.

  Barbara Pym

  Mind, Important, Odd

  Barbara Pym (2013). “An Unsuitable Attachment”, p.164, Pan Macmillan

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• CBGB was a wild place, ... The first time I ever played there was in 1987, I think, with my hardcore band, Scream. And I remember the craziest [thing] about that club was you could be in
  front of the stage and it could be louder than any show you've ever been to in your life. But if you were towards the back of the club at the bar, you could sit and have a conversation with
  someone. It was the weirdest thing to me.

  Dave Grohl

  Thinking, Wild Places, Cbgb

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• It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying, i could have a long conversation, an academic conversation about that. I don't know. I just feel like I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody.

  Rachel Dolezal

  Life, Taken, Long

  "Rachel Dolezal's True Lies" by Allison Samuels, www.vanityfair.com. July 19, 2015.

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• Conversation in society is found to be on a platform so low as to exclude science, the saint, and the poet.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Saint, Poet, Lows

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.116, Harvard University Press

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• If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.

  Jehane Noujaim

  Thinking, Media, Bombarded By

  "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.

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• I don't know your story or your dreams or the things that steal your sleep, but I know they matter. I hope you story is rich with characters, rich with friends and conversation. I hope you know some people who carry you, and I hope you have the honor of carrying them. I hope that there's beauty in your memories, and I hope it doesn't haunt you. And if it does, then I hope there is someone who will walk you through the night and remind you of the promise of the sunrise, that beauty keeps coming, that there are futures worth waiting and fighting for, and that you were made to dream.

  Jamie Tworkowski

  Dream, Memories, Character

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• You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.

  Tom Stoppard

  Omission, Missing, Too Much

  Source: deadline.com

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• I'm not a big fan of that kind of stuff - of Twitter and Facebook. I just feel like I'm a very private person and I do enjoy personal interaction. It is nice to be able to talk with the fans, in person. I don't know if it's 'cause I'm just old-fashioned, but I'd rather a face-to-face conversation.

  Ksenia Solo

  Nice, Fans, Able

  Source: collider.com

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• Many designers are gay men making clothes for women. Sometimes I think fashion is more of a conversation between men than it is for women.

  Kim Gordon

  Fashion, Gay, Men

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is extraordinary - readers from all over the world coming together to discuss, argue and debate scenes and characters from a novel. They add a layer to the story that I cannot write and yes, I will participate in that conversation and answer questions. After all, they are the people I'm writing for and their enthusiasm and questions really pushes me to raise the bar.

  Michael Scott

  Writing, Character, People

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• Female directors really do need to support each other. Too many times I've been led to believe that my direct competition was other women, as if there can be only a handful of successful female filmmakers a year. That conversation, that perception, needs to change. Women are the people who have helped me make films I love, and I want to be that kind of strength to other women.

  Jennifer Phang

  Believe, Successful, Years

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Even five minute meaningful conversations with other people not only fuel us in the moment but also build up a reserve of social capital so that when hard times strike, we can draw down on that bank account.

  Michelle Gielan

  Meaningful, Hard Times, People

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Each painting is its own world, but a lot of times I do see the paintings as one page from a story. You can imagine what has happened before or after. Sometimes they are worded as being a part of a story, especially the paintings where characters are in conversation.

  Neil Farber

  Character, Stories, World

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• If one of my kids reads a book for school and I can have a conversation with her about the book and I sense that she gets what the book is about, then it doesn't really matter to me if she gets an A on the paper.

  Michael J. Fox

  Book, School, Kids

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• When you play a smaller, more intimate venue, you can have real conversations with your audience, take risks, and stay current. You can also change the set list, on how the day feels or how the audience reacts. When you do arena shows, every arena looks and feels the same. You can't see who is in the room.

  Jason Mraz

  Real, Play, Risk

  "Yes! Jason Mraz returns to his 'coffeehouse performer' roots". Interview with Mike Nunez, www.tennessean.com. February 11, 2015.

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• I never really expected "Hurricane" to be censored and banned around the world, but I think the good thing that came from it was that it created a dialogue, a conversation, a debate and a discussion. And that's a great thing. It brought all of us together in a unique way. And it made us look a little deeper in ourselves. I think it's a good thing.

  Jared Leto

  Thinking, Unique, Together

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• As we breathe and live, have a conversation, and you look in someone's eyes, and you see a sunset or have an argument or read a book or see a painting or whatever you do, it influences you. And as you live your art, it changes and grows just like you and your soul or whatever you want to call it. For me, it's never-ending, I call it "the organizer of chaos." That's what I do with this and I present it in a way that I dream. So basically, I'm just sharing my dreams with all of you.

  Jared Leto

  Dream, Art, Book

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