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"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."
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"Shut lips, sleeping faces,Every stopped machine,The dumb and littered placesWhere crowds have been:.All silences rejoice,Weep (loudly or low),Speak-but with the voiceOf whom, I do not know."
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"Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts."
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"She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the beginning she told him that if it ever happened again, she would leave him. He swore that it wouldn't and she believed him. But it only got worse after that, like when his dinner was cold, or when she mentioned that she'd visited with one of the neighbors who was walking by with his dog. She just chatted with him, but that night, her husband threw her into a mirror."
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"Answer only when asked, otherwise do not say anything. Don't say a thing in this world. To tell [give advice] is the biggest disease. Your beard grows without you saying anything, doesn't it?"
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"The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of a lot to say."
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"I couldn't think of anything that didn't sound trivial, so I just nodded."
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"Think and keep quiet among those you don't trust."
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"Why are we embarassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?"
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"Let silence be your guide, and it will reveal all answers."
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"When you are truly silent, the whole existence speaks to you."
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"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."
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"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."
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"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."
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"Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success."
Success

"We've survived by believing our life is going to get better."
Life

"When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal."
Betrayal

"I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that."
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"It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him."
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"I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings."
People

"I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it."
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