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• Peace talk when war is impending is hazardous for the talker, and in war time it is criminal. War talk in peace time, which is infinitely more wicked, runs no risk at all.

  Charles Clayton Morrison

  Running, War, Risk

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• There just isn’t a weak season of 'Breaking Bad.' There’s just superior work, a sprint toward evil that turned into a marathon. But like all big-talker shows that bring their heavy cargo in for a rough and breathlessly observed landing, 'Breaking Bad' didn’t quite leave itself enough runway to satisfactorily end some of its better story lines, especially once the chronology gap closed up between the flash-forwards from last year’s episodes and Sunday night’s conclusion. One could easily argue that there was just too much left to do in this one episode.

  Hank Stuever

  Sunday, Night, Years

  " TV ‘Breaking Bad’ finale: What happened to Walt — and to us" by Hank Stuever, www.washingtonpost.com. September 29, 2013.

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• I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
  I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
  And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
  It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

  Bob Dylan

  Children, Rain, Fall

  'A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall' (1963 song)

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• I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.

  Susan Cain

  Ideas, People, Worry

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.52, Broadway Books

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• People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

  E. W. Howe

  Cutting, People, Bragging

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• Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Imagination, Storytelling, Poet

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• Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

  Bruce Barton

  Smart, Communication

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• We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective, and learns more and does more good. And so try listening. Listen to your wife, your husband, your father, your mother, your children, your friends; to those who love you and those who don't, to those who bore you, to your enemies. It will work a small miracle. And perhaps a great one.

  Brenda Ueland

  Mother, Children, Husband

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• I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk of the beginning or the end.

  Walt Whitman

  Talking, Ends, Heard

  Walt Whitman (2011). “Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition”, p.25, University of Iowa Press

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• People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.

  Gillian Flynn

  Talking, People, Lips

  Gillian Flynn (2012). “Gone Girl: A Novel”, p.137, Crown

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• If a person sings quietly to himself on the street people smile with approval; but if he talks it's not alright; they think he's crazy. The singer is presumed to be happy and the talker unhappy.

  Edward Hoagland

  Crazy, Philosophical, Thinking

  Edward Hoagland (1992). “Balancing acts: essays”

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• Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

  Plautus

  Ears, Way, Tongue

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• Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

  Euripides

  Funny, Time, Needs

  "Aeolus". Play by Euripides, 423 BCE.

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• A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.

  Agnes Repplier

  Inspirational, Men, Ideas

  Agnes Repplier (1904). “Compromises”

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• I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

  Margaret Chan

  Reputation

  "Swine flu will be biggest pandemic ever, warns world health chief" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2009.

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• Conversation succeeds conversation, Until there's nothing left to talk about Except truth, the perennial monologue, And no talker to dispute it but itself.

  Laura Riding

  Women, Succeed, Disputes

  Laura (Riding) Jackson, Laura Riding (1938). “Collected Poems”

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• I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

  Eminem

  Detroit, Smooth, Rough

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• I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.

  Anurag Kashyap

  Politically Correct, Diplomatic

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• I never went for the talkers.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Elizabeth Scott (2009). “Love You Hate You Miss You”, p.30, Harper Collins

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• She was a talker, wasn't she?" Bobby Lee said, sliding down the ditch with a yodel. "She would of been a good woman," The Misfit said, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life." "Some fun!" Bobby Lee said. "Shut up, Bobby Lee," The Misfit said. "It's no real pleasure in life.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Fun, Real, Good Woman

  Flannery O'Connor (1971). “The complete stories”

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• Bitter your acts, bitter am I, Kindness your deeds, kindness am I, Pleasant and gentle, so you are, Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.

  Rumi

  Life, Sweet, Kindness

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• Tush! Fear not, my lord, we will not stand to prate; Talkers are no good doers: be assured We come to use our hands and not our tongues.

  William Shakespeare

  Hands, Use, Doers

  William Shakespeare (2000). “The Tragedy of King Richard III”, p.192, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I don't suppose that she gave you the job based on looks alone?" Adrian had been staring off but now flashed me a big smile. "Why, Sage, you sweet talker." "That's not what I meant! What happened?" He shrugged. "I told the truth." "Adrian!" "I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people." "That's not bad." I admitted. "Then she asked what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start?'" "Adrian!" "Stop saying my name like that. I told her the truth. By the time I was on the fourth one, she told me I could go.

  Richelle Mead

  Sweet, Jobs, Names

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• Tell me, is it possible to love someone who is not as smart as you are? ...But isn't it important for you to think she is smarter than you in order to fall in love? ...Why is that? Because we want to know things, how the pieces fit. Talkers seduce, words direct us into corners. We want more than anything to grow and change. Brave new world.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Falling In Love, Smart, Brave New World

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• I began to understand that there were certain talkers - certain girls - whom people liked to listen to, not because of what they, the girls, had to say, but because of the delight they took in saying it. A delight in themselves, a shine on their faces, a conviction that whatever they were telling about was remarkable and that they themselves could not help but give pleasure. There might be other people - people like me - who didn't concede this, but that was their loss. And people like me would never be the audience these girls were after, anyway.

  Alice Munro

  Girl, Loss, Shine On

  "Some Women" by Alice Munro, www.newyorker.com. December 22, 2008.

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