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"There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all."
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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."

"Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it."

"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."

"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."

"What is it with you and that book?'Rafael laughed. 'We have a personal relationship."

"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."

"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."

"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."
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"Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves."

"Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats."

"But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example."

"Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is."

"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple."

"All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears."

"We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy."
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