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Communication Quotes
"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words."
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"I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet."
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"It's communication - that's what theatre is all about."
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"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid."
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"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."
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"We no longer have a sufficiently high estimate of ourselves when we communicate. Our true experiences are not garrulous. They could not communicate themselves if they wanted to: they lack words. We have already grown beyond whatever we have words for. In all talking there lies a grain of contempt. Speech, it seems, was devised only for the average medium, communicable. The speaker has already vulgarized himself by speaking."
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"One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them."
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"Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering."
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"I choose to choose few words each day. Yes! few words that count. Few words that can make impact. Few words that talk much. Few words that can make people ponder to wonder. Few words that are indelible. Few words that can leave distinctive footprints on minds. Though we may fail to mind our words, we shall never fail to mind the works of our words."
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"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."
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"There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive."
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"The biggest lesson I've learned by living abroad for the last four years is the importance of communication."
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"But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools."
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"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."
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"The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through."
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"Don't waste your time trying to explain yourself to people that are committed to misunderstanding you. Instead, commit your time to explaining who they are to them. When you get a person to see the positive similarities you share, it begins to restore the loss of respect between you."
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"To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context."
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"In communications, familiarity breeds apathy."
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"Tim and Fritz Lang I loved working with. Not Hitchcock so much. There was no communication."
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"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
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"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees."
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"So here is one tip, be careful how you say the words... sometimes people get it wrong once wrong it goes like rummor."
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"I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in."
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"Be polite in your speeches. Good information rudely communicated will make no positive difference."
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"A right word counts the silence, a bad word is counted by the page."
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"Align your voice value with the tone, pace, and pitch of your listeners will help you connect on all levels."
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"We need a shift in our message and in our pulpit."
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"More of your conversation would infect my brain."
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"We thought speaking in English meant you were more intelligent. We were wrong of course. It does not matter what language you choose, the important thing is the words you use to express yourself."
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"He tried to explain and to convince. He knew, while he spoke, that it was useless, because his words sounded as if they were hitting a vacuum. There was no such person as Mrs. Wayne Wilmot; there was only a shell containing the opinions of her friends, the picture postcards she had seen, the novels of country squires she had read; it was this that he had to address, this immateriality which could not hear him or answer, deaf and impersonal like a wad of cotton."
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"Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment."
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"Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side."
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"Talking doesn't get your point across but listening does."
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"You don't have to say everything to be a light. Sometimes a fire built on a hill will bring interested people to your campfire."
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"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."
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"Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them."
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"The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers."
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"It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them."
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"If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum."
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"Percy: Dad-Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right?Poseidon: Oh...yes. Good point."
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"Your tone of voice is less about what you say and more about how you say it. It enhances or diminishes the language you use, how you construct your sentences, and the way your words sound. It represents the emotional expressions of your thoughts, feelings, and attitude."
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"The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read."
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"Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody."
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"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either."
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"I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning."
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"Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you."
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"What does syadvad (speech that does not hurt the ego of any living being) speech say? Speak in such a way that 5 people benefit from it and that it does not interfere [conflict] with anyone."
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"Think of the communication that takes place in your own life on a continuous basis-at home, at work, with friends, and beyond. When you actively listen to people, you enhance communication."
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