- Nov 07, 2020
Talk Quotes
On conversation, honesty, and what goes unsaid.
These quotes range from a simple family ritual of talking through the week's proudest moments to a sharper point about how rhetoric on freedom and equal opportunity can expose real contradictions in a society. Browse About quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids don't talk like adults, but kids on the spectrum don't necessarily fall into the same patterns of speaking or have the same interests as other kids their age.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listen more than you talk.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many companies talk about customer success, but how many actually put the customer first above all else, always?
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't curse when I talk. Unless I'm mad.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be clear, aiming to reduce the national debt in the long term and running small surpluses when the economy is operating close to full capacity is what I mean when I talk about seeking to 'balance the books' - a sensible approach.
- Conservative Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack on trade union rights, it is natural that many in the Labour party should be sceptical of Tory talk on devolution - sceptical, even of government deals with Labour-led local authorities.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oil could complicate domestic politics in countries with too much of it - there is a reason economists talk about 'the curse of oil,' and dictatorships have thrived in countries with abundant natural resources.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're talking about villainy, then you're automatically circling around to talk about justice.
- Write
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can talk, you can write.
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- Nov 07, 2020