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Communication Quotes
"Her face looked for the answer that is always concealed in language."
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"Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words."
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"Imagine a world without words! Imagine a world without thoughts! Imagine a world without actions! If one day, God should mute all words, thoughts and actions, the world will look so different! If we are privileged to have them, let us try as possible as we can to use them well, for life will be something without words, thought and actions!"
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"Not being able to find the right words at crucial times is one of my many problems."
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"We imagine always when we speak that it is our own ears, our own mind, that are listening. The truth which one puts into one's words does not carve out a direct path for itself, it is not irresistibly self-evident. A considerable time must elapse before a truth of the same order can take shape in them."
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"What what," Trapis said as he hurried over to tend to her, his bare feet slapping on the floor. "What what. Hush hush."
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"I love talking the way Trappists love silence."
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"Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back."
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"Don't bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn't listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn't listen to your bell, sit back and listen to his nemesis."
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"Eventually, there's certain limit in telling bare fact through words.It ain't about diction constraints, but common ability to understand."
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"Think about it: send SLASH receive. Email is the frenzied killer of proper communication."
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"It's extraordinary, the amount of misunderstandings there are even between two people who discuss a thing quite often - both of them assuming different things and neither of them discovering the discrepancy."
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"Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?"
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"The sound of the words as they're said is always different from the sound they make when they're heard, because the speaker hears some of the sound from the inside."
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"He learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke - the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was live. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert. Something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes meet . . ."
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"If the skill of participatory listening came effortlessly and easy for everyone, there would not be so many misunderstandings, communication breakdowns, irritations, and frustrations."
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"Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together."
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"The tongue never rests. It speaks even when we sleep. It speaks through the mind even when the mouth keeps shut."
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"The problem is not the misunderstanding we have, but the understanding we have missed. We must come to come to a certain understanding; to understand understanding, we need to understand understanding and we must understand with understanding!"
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"Texting is not talking and a phone is not a friend."
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"Kindness beautifies your words. Love sweetens your words. Wisdom empowers your words."
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"The value is not in the noise one makes on socialmedia but the voice - the message being heard."
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"Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either."
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"If you want to understand language, spend less time in the library with Plato and more time on the buses with people."
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"Communication is not a two way street. It is a bridge. Either you have one or you build one. It's about connecting, not correcting."
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"We all have a voice of sorts and when put with others we make a good sound."
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"Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless."
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"Yes, a person can accept your apology and forgive you for what you've said, but they will never forget how you made them feel at that very moment. Words can stick in a person's mind, heart, and spirit long after the words have been spoken. Don't be in denial; words have GREAT power. Be wise when you speak!"
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"Sometimes our best speech is the way we look in silence!"
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"He didn't needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear."
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"It's all I've seen, all I've been through, I said, "that makes it damn nearly impossible for me to say anything. I've lost the knack of making sense. I speak gibberish to the civilized world, and it replies in kind."
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"All the good stuff has already been said by someone somewhere at some point in time. You just have to find it. Today, communication pretty much comes down to understanding - saying what you have to say clearly and effectively...and then living it."
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"What does 'hmm' have to do with anything? Could you ever use more than five words? All this grunting and minced words make you come across-primal.His smile tipped higher. 'Primal.'You're impossible.'Me Jev, you Nora."
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"Speech is the deadliest of revealers.' - Hercule Poirot, Cards on the Table."
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"I'll tell you a piece of news - I hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell."
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"Talking is great, but don't ignore the value of listening. Pay attention to the words being spoken. Some people just love the sound of their own voice. And, when another person speaks, they are only anticipating to compete, challenge, or question what is being said. You can miss out on some important wisdom always running your mouth."
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"Unfortunately most people do not listen with the intent to understand, they listen with the intent to reply."
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"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion."
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"Sometimes, you need to spit stuff out in words to get it better arranged in your head. I figure if you never talk about it, it just picks its own spot and lays there and festers."
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"The deepest of level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless ... beyond speech ... beyond concept."
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"Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing."
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"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."
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"To speak in a way that causes the other person to get disturbed is the greatest crime. On the contrary, if someone else speaks in that way, you should suppress it; that is considered a human."
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"Your fangs aren't as sharp as your tongue."
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"Talk only if it's worth, else it harms your worth only."
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"Always remember: No matter how carefully you choose your words, they'll always end up being twisted by others."
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"Assumptions should never be the basis of any understanding."
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"Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people."
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"Words cannot only be made... But made to have a meaning, free the tongue and continue your speech."
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"Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order."
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