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Silence Quotes
"You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?"
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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 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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"It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights."
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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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"Concerning that which cannot be talked about, we should not say anything."
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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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"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."
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"When I say I love the silence, I'm not being entirely truthful. What I actually love are the abundant, delicate sounds that amplify when I'm silent. These curious creaks, mutters, and hums compel my imagination."
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"Shhhhhhhh..... Be silent. Silence your mind and listen.... Let the voice of your soul echo and shiiiiine!"
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"Once you take the time to consider the other person's perspective, you will become sympathetic to his feel ins and ideas. You will be able to authentically and honestly say, 'I don't blame you for feeling as you do. If I were in your position, I would feel just as you do."
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"For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day."
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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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"Laws of silence don't work....When something is festering in your memory or your imagination, laws of silence don't work, it's just like shutting a door and locking it on a house on fire in hope of forgetting that the house is burning. But not facing a fire doesn't put it out. Silence about a thing just magnifies it. It grows and festers in silence, becomes malignant...."
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"Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings."
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"When we become silent, we become whole. And when we become whole, we become holy."
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"In this world, there is no such sternness like that of maintaining silence. Verbal sternness will be wasted."
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"No thought, no mind, no choice - just being silent, rooted in yourself."
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