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"A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
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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."

"When having lunch or dinner at a long rectangular table, I prefer to take a middle chair so that I can turn to my left or to my right to make meaningful conversation with the people in attendance. When I have been seated at the very end, it can prove to be difficult to speak, hear, and connect with everyone there. Think ahead, and whenever possible, put yourself in the middle of the action!"

"Do you think I lie to you?No.But you think I might lie to you about dying.Yes.Okay. I might. But we're not dying.Okay."

"Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation."

"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."

"Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet."

"I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do."

"For, let me tell you that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me are the pleasure and charm of conversation."

"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."

"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."
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"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself."

"A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion."

"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."

"I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything."
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