Real Conversation Quotes

• To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.

  John W. Roper

  Right Time, Art Of Conversation, Stills

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• I've found that if I say what I'm really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation.

  Carol Gilligan

  Real, Thinking, People

  "10 Women of Philosophy, and Why You Should Know Them" by Scotty Hendricks, bigthink.com. September 2, 2017.

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• In real conversations, we are always trying to outguess each other.

  William Poundstone

  Real, Always Trying, Conversation

  William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.56, Macmillan

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• I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

  Mark Burnett

  Real, War, People

  "Mark Burnett Started His Career Jumping Out Of Airplanes And Transporting Prisoners On Ships". Interview with Stephen Chao, www.businessinsider.com. April 21, 2011.

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• It's better to play to the host as though in a real conversation and let the audience listen in- which they are.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Real, Play, Host

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• I don't like doing action movies. They're not that interesting... it's fun to do the physical element but the really fun stuff, like running into exploding buildings, they won't let you do. There's too much money riding on you not getting hurt. But yes, there's something exhilarating in just sitting on a beach with somebody having a real conversation. There's something exhilarating about being open and honest.

  Channing Tatum

  Running, Beach, Hurt

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I find myself having rehearsal chats, in my head, for conversations I need to have. Sometimes they are arguments, things I need to get off my chest, award acceptance speeches. Ultimately, it clears my mind, helps me focus my thoughts, and sometimes alleviates the need for the real conversation.

  Michael Lomenda

  Real, Acceptance, Awards

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• My mother and I definitely got to a point where we had to have a real conversation and talk woman to woman, or daughter to mother, friend to friend - just off the record, clear the air and communicate. I didn't want to drive my mama crazy, but at the same time, I had to do, I had to learn, I had to grow and she understood that. She knows me better than anyone else on the planet so I tried to think about that.

  Queen Latifah

  Mother, Daughter, Crazy

  Source: globalgrind.com

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• I'm not talking about just Donald Trump's politics - it's what he's brought up. It's a real conversation. We're just people trying to fall in love as nations and human beings. We need therapy, man. The world does.

  Michael Buble

  Falling In Love, Real, Men

  "Michael Bublé leaves his comfort zone". Interview with Elio Iannacci, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• I love having real conversations with entrepreneurs who have built their companies from the ground up, with nothing but their own drive, passion, and courage, and I'm constantly learning new things as I hear each one's unique journey.

  Jessica Jackley

  Real, Passion, Journey

  Source: www.slate.com

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• A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.

  David Whyte

  Real, Want, Conversation

  "Big Questions to Ask Yourself Throughout Your Life" by David Whyte, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2011.

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• I don't have 'The Jerry Springer Show'. I just got 'Family Feud', but some of them families, when they lose, man, they have some real conversations with each other back behind that wall, but I've never been involved in any of them.

  Steve Harvey

  Wall, Real, Men

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• We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

  Thomas Moore

  Life, Trust, Courage

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• There is no such thing as realistic dialogue. If you [simply recorded] the real conversation of any people and played it back from the stage, it would be impossible to listen to. It would be redundant . . . . The good dialogue writer is the one who can give you the impression of real speech.

  Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  Real, People, Giving

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• She [Sarah Palin] by no - has any basic understanding of what post -traumatic stress disorder is, so I think it gives the rest of us an opportunity to have a real conversation about some of these problems.

  Jon Soltz

  Real, Stress, Opportunity

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting - but resist falling into that trap. The world needs you at the party starting real conversations, saying, 'I don't know,' and being kind.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Real, Smart, Party

  "Screenwriters' Lecture: Charlie Kaufman". BAFTA Lecture, www.bafta.org. September 30, 2011.

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• My creative is curiosity conversations...All conversations reveal some inner truth, and the information we get from a computer is different than something that becomes a biochemical event, like a real conversation.

  Brian Grazer

  Real, Creative, Curiosity

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• I am worried that the next generation will not be able to have a real conversation.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Real, Generations, Able

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• Where do real conversations about citizenship occur? In our schools. Think about the things you learned in first grade. "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "I pledge allegiance to the flag," "America the Beautiful."

  Henry Louis Gates

  Beautiful, Country, Real

  "Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 21, 2013.

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• A talk show is difficult because the formula is always the same: there's a host and there's guests. Really what you can change is only so much. So, I don't have any pre-interviews, which forces real conversation.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Real, Guests, Interviews

  "Jenny McCarthy Breaks Down Her New Talk Show". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.

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• To hear an artist be transparent is one of the greatest things they could ever do for their fans. I love that, when I see my fans on the road we have real conversations and it's not even that I do it as some big ploy to have album sales. I do it because it's important for them to understand who I am. So, whatever backlash comes along with me being transparent, there's nothing I can do about it.

  Sevyn Streeter

  Real, Artist, Who I Am

  Source: www.refinery29.com

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• I often wonder whether real conversation in real time may eventually give way to these sanitized and easier screen dialogues, in much the same way as killing, skinning and butchering an animal to eat has been replaced by the convenience of packages of meat on the supermarket shelf… Perhaps future generations will recoil with similar horror at the messiness, unpredictability and immediate personal involvement of a three-dimensional, real-time interaction.

  Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield

  Real, Animal, Giving

  "Scientist: Social Networking Sites Harming Kids Brains", www.foxnews.com. February 24, 2009.

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• When elderly invalids meet with fellow-victims of their own ailments, then at last real conversation begins, and life is delicious.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Real, Elderly, Lasts

  Logan Pearsall Smith (1931). “Afterthoughts”

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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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