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Conversation Quotes
"I painted one dining room red and I must say, the conversation became very heated in that room."
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"I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation."
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"I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview."
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"I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street."
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"Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet."
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"What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming."
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"Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it."
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"A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech."
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"One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone."
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"Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk about."
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"I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger."
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"No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad."
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"My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way."
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"During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I played a scene with a grain of rice. Sometimes with indescribable creatures. I remember having a conversation with something which was simply a smell, that's all. It was part of our job."
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"Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it."
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"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."
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"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation."
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"Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary."
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"Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock."
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"Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
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"When beginning a conversation, ask the other person, "Do you have time to speak right now? If they say no, you can say, "I have some valuable information to share with you. What time would work best for you?"
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"A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."
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"When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation."
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"Conversation starters. Icebreakers. Openers. However you choose to label them, that moment when the first words come out of your mouth can make or break the outcome of your entire conversation. Been there, done that, right?"
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"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."
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"When having lunch or dinner at a long rectangular table, I prefer to take a middle chair so that I can turn to my left or to my right to make meaningful conversation with the people in attendance. When I have been seated at the very end, it can prove to be difficult to speak, hear, and connect with everyone there. Think ahead, and whenever possible, put yourself in the middle of the action!"
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"The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees."
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"14 Awesome Conversation Starters - 1. What do you do for fun? Hobbies, recreation. 2. What are your super powers? Gifts, talents, strengths. 3. Good morning! It's great to see you! 4. What is your story? Tell me about yourself. 5. What brought you to __________? 6. Do you have anything special happening in your life (or your business)? 7. What's the best thing that's happened this week? 8. Are you living your life purpose or still searching for it? 9. What gives you passion and makes you happy to be alive? 10. Do you have any pets? 11. How do you know the host? 12. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? 13. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? 14. What's next on your bucket list?"
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"For, let me tell you that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me are the pleasure and charm of conversation."
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"Do you think I lie to you?No.But you think I might lie to you about dying.Yes.Okay. I might. But we're not dying.Okay."
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"Linguist say parties in the conversation will tolerate silence for four seconds before interjecting anything, however unrelated."
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"Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation."
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"Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation."
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"He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them."
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