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Fran Lebowitz

"The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."

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"The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."

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"Talking to strangers is very panic fear, to be fearless and good communicator in long term try talking to strangers with courage like you already know them."

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"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

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"Eventually, there's certain limit in telling bare fact through words.It ain't about diction constraints, but common ability to understand."

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"The unsaid rules every conversation."

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"The pause - that impressive silence that eloquent silence that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words howsoever felicitous could accomplish it."

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"Not being heard is no reason for silence."

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"Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is."

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"I love talking the way Trappists love silence."

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"The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity."

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"Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody."

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