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The gap between what's said and what's meant.

This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

History
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Nov 07, 2020

When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?

Quotes by Dick Wolf

Nov 07, 2020

If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

Quotes by Dick Wolf

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

Quotes by Dick Gephardt

Children
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Nov 07, 2020

I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'

Quotes by Dick Gregory

Kick
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Nov 07, 2020

I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.

Quotes by Dick Cavett

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

Quotes by Diane Sawyer

Interesting
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Nov 07, 2020

I've always been interesting in the lighting aspect and always listened to what they were saying.

Quotes by Devon Sawa

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I went from selling everything to saying, 'I ain't gonna sell that. Can't do it.' It wasn't working for me, so I was just like, 'Yo, I'm going to sell my talent.'

Quotes by Desiigner

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I meditate.' That's like saying 'I eat.' Think of all the food there is! And there are almost as many varieties of mediation.

Quotes by Devendra Banhart

Nov 07, 2020

There are some things people avoid saying in interviews because they sound pompous or sentimental or too mystical.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

Nov 07, 2020

Miscegenation is not an idea that we would have in the Caribbean. It wouldn't come up because anybody could marry anybody, you know. I'm not saying that there aren't prejudices in the Caribbean, but the idea of the word 'miscegenation' is not something that we think of.

Quotes by Derek Walcott

Day
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Nov 07, 2020

I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer's going to be introducing me... Derrick 'The Black Beast' Lewis... and I just always pictured him saying it.

Quotes by Derrick Lewis

Person
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Nov 07, 2020

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.

Quotes by Derek Jacobi

Look
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Nov 07, 2020

Now some are saying maybe $1.6 trillion in is not enough maybe we should look at $2 trillion.

Quotes by Dennis Moore

New
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Nov 07, 2020

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.

Quotes by Denzel Washington

Nov 07, 2020

I learned early on not to feel badly about reaching out for help, and not to feel embarrassed about saying that you're in over your head.

Quotes by Dennis Crowley

Nov 07, 2020

People used to pooh-pooh the idea of a check-in, saying that this wasn't interesting. But when you have 3 billion of those data points, you can take any latitude and longitude anywhere in the world, and I'll tell you what is interesting now, 20 minutes from now, and 6 hours from now.

Quotes by Dennis Crowley

Day
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Nov 07, 2020

I was so emotional. Choked up. I could hardly talk all day. I'll be cleaning out my trailer and saying goodbye soon, realizing what a wonderful experience this has been.

Quotes by Dennis Franz

Being
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Nov 07, 2020

About four or five weeks after it was publicly announced I was no longer breastfeeding, I got a letter from the NHS saying they were being supportive of me, but basically, they were very disappointed I'd stopped.

Quotes by Denise Van Outen

Nov 07, 2020

So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an article there is a line saying if you know of anyone who had an affair with a player, call this number. It is very strange to us.

Quotes by Dennis Bergkamp

A few lines describe the frustration of repeating oneself and still feeling misunderstood, a mood also present in I Am quotes, while the theme of consistency in what one says connects to Always quotes.

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