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"I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

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"One must steer, not talk."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well."

Orhan Pamuk, Turkish Novelist

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"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

Elliott Smith, American Musician

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"I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast."

Mary Todd Lincoln, American First Lady

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"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

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"The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

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Explore more quotes by Christine Lavin

"It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle."

Business

"I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers."

Class

"Well the way I ended up with my own record is that I did this concert at Wesleyan University. It was just one night and we had no thought of making a record."

Thought

"At the concert I'm going to crown the best looking man, Mr. Tampa. Bald men definitely have an edge."

Men

"Think it is just a matter of... well look how long it took Shawn Colvin to reach the level that she has. Believe me, that girl has done everything except stand behind the cash register at Tower and take the money."

Money

"I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class."

Class

"There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts."

People

"I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall."

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"Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical."

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