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Silence Quotes
"The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual."
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"The most profound statements are often said in silence."
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"A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall."
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"I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent."
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"Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish."
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"I shouted into the phone, but there was no reply. Silence floated up from the receiver like smoke from the mouth of a gun."
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"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."
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"To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."
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"Share them with only people who can help you with information and support. When you meet negative people, zip your mouth."
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"I am a prince I have it all, and I hear your foot steps on the wall, I wait in silence for your call, and take a shot and watch you fall."
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"Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around."
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"An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue."
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"Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things."
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"When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!"
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"I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run."
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"If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible."
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"Isabel had gone silent in a way that shouted the silence to me."
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"Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out."
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"One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence."
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"Answer only when asked, otherwise do not say anything. Don't say a thing in this world. To tell [give advice] is the biggest disease. Your beard grows without you saying anything, doesn't it?"
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"You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?"
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"The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over."
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