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

Men

"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

"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

"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

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

Class

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

Play

"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

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

Talk

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"One must steer, not talk."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman

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"I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"It's almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

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"I'll let the racket do the talking."

John McEnroe, American Athlete

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"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

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"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

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"Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."

Natalie Goldberg, American Author

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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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