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"The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you."
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"The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees."
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"During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I played a scene with a grain of rice. Sometimes with indescribable creatures. I remember having a conversation with something which was simply a smell, that's all. It was part of our job."
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"He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them."
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"What is reading, but silent conversation."
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"Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
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"And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of getting to know the characters."
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"When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation."
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"Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation."
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"There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment."
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"The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you."
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"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."
Society
"The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love."
Love
"This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude."
Solitude
"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."
Death
"One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all."
Happiness
"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."
Music
"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."
Happiness
"Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do."
Man
"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."
Work
"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."
Thought
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