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- Nov 07, 2020
Conversation Quotes
Talk worth having, and talk worth protecting.
One line here questions why private conversation was never explicitly protected in the Constitution, while another simply prefers talk that stays easy rather than turning into a battle of opinions. See Communication quotes for related lines.
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- Close Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first audition for 'The Magicians' came up in conversation with a close friend who, right then, handed me the first book.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever you create some sort of disturbance in the air, there's an awakening that happens, an opportunity for a conversation, an opportunity to build bridges, specifically, an opportunity to connect different groups that typically wouldn't connect with one another.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there for a bit of conversation... it's a way of showing someone that you want his or her company and engaging in a low-key, pleasant, undemanding way.
- Gossip
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gossip is conversation about people.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guns are part of the Constitution, and no one is willing to have that tough conversation with Congress and the Senate and the president to say maybe that's got to change. People talk about it - but I mean actual change.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
- Nov 07, 2020
The long-term value proposition for cellphone companies isn't just voice conversation - it's transfer of data.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020