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Communication Quotes
"One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance."
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"What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?"
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"Understand that every 'voice' has the spirit to influence. Watch your tone, accent, volume and speed. Be careful that you don't sound angry or argumentative whenever driving an important point. Equally important, is not sounding serious or sounding playful when the message being conveyed needs to be taken seriously."
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"When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me."
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"You (Pindar) who possessed the talent of speaking much without saying anything."
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"Not being heard is no reason for silence."
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"When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth."
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"Real silence is silence without words, silence that speak words in silence and silence that talks better than words."
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"It was a little thing, a baby tree, but still it tangled with things around it and required care to move. And when she pulled it out, it's roots still clung to Earth from it's old home."
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"Language is still separating us even though technology is bringing us closer together."
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"So many people understand language, but few people understand the real meaning of language. They that understand the meaning of language understand language and life better!"
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"... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to wish to hear spoken, but, from prudence, would let her friend be the first to speak."
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"Be careful how you use your words, how you build them and how people will understand them!?"
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"Word Powers:A beautiful bitch has four legs, not two. Even terms of, so called, endearment have unintended manifestations. Guard your grill."
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"Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is."
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"Just say what you want to say . . . and say it with all your heart."
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"If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand...... But until we find this new way of speaking, until we can find a nonapproximate vocabulary, nonsense words are the best thing we've got. Ifactifice is one such word."
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"Weigh whatever you are about to say; what will it do to your hearer - encouragement, edification, disappointment or fear? What will it do to your life - glorify, edify, beautify or weigh you down? Speak well and things will go well."
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"Every word comes from the heart."
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"Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder - when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words - to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table."
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"How is Eric?'Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.'Thanks for the warning. I'll go to the house now. You're my favorite breather.'Oh. Well ... great.'She hung up."
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"Your Words Are Vital, They Rule You And You Rule With Them Therefore, Speak Creative Words Always!"
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"Words left their mouths to hang frozen in midair."
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"Language is a ladder that always falls short of reality."
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"Please, Katsa," he finally said. "At least talk to me".She swung around to face him. "What it there to talk about? You know how I feel, and what I think about it.""And what I feel? Doesn't it matter?"
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"When you hear the echoes of my mind, you'll know that I wasn't listening to what you said."
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"More sailors have drowned in words than in the sea."
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"When words remain unspoken and emotions are left unexpressed, just a glint in the eyes from otherness can inflame the mind and rouse a shower of empathy. ['Only needed a light ']"
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"When you 'lie' to me, you don't 'lie down' or lay.Even after the game you still want to play."
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"Silence can be breathing space and spawn release and wellness in a time of appalling inflation of words. But silence may be intolerably screaming, if it means absence of communication, deficiency in friendship and emotional deficit. ['A gap of silence']"
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"Do you understand what I'm saying?Pardon? I just wanna hear you talking."
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"The only man meant to be in your life is a man that knows your worth."
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"You would do well to guard your tongue, lest it be stricken from you."
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"Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said."
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"Without emotion, all thoughts or words are powerless."
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"When we miss understanding, we meet misunderstanding. Misunderstanding always pushes understanding far away!"
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"If words were actions then we would all be winners!"
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"Listening is more important than solutioning."
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"She had lost the art of conversation but not unfortunately the power of speech."
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"In an honest effort to gain understanding, asking questions do not, necessarily, imply a conclusion has been determined. They can be used to avoid making the wrong judgement. If building trust is the ultimate goal - there is no need to be defensive, or feel threatened by any inquiry."
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"Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through."
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"The big, bad unknown is only that until it is known. Then you look back and wonder what all the fuss and worry was about."
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"Words never change. What changes is how one interprets them."
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"The problem with communication is the illusion that is has been accomplished."
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"Where personal experience is concerned, we all speak a different language."
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"Our speech is poor interpretation of our perception."
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"A good oration is good and a good understanding is better, but a good action in the right direction that gets the best results is the best!"
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"A bad handwriting is as annoying to a reader - as an irritating voice is to a listener."
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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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