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"Eating without conversation is only stoking."
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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."

"No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad."

"I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation."

"It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then."

"Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it."

"A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."

"When beginning a conversation, ask the other person, "Do you have time to speak right now? If they say no, you can say, "I have some valuable information to share with you. What time would work best for you?"

"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."

"When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation."

"For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
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"Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in."

"When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating."

"Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires."

"Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves."

"A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it."

"One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements."

"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way."

"No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent."
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