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"He's my favorite! He wrote and produced, and starred in and cast all of his movies! Can you imagine? I get really excited when I talk about Charlie Chaplin."

"He's my favorite! He wrote and produced, and starred in and cast all of his movies! Can you imagine? I get really excited when I talk about Charlie Chaplin."

Emma Stone, American Actress

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"Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere."

"Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere."

Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

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"It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about."

"It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"I never have anything to talk about."

"I never have anything to talk about."

April Winchell, American Actress

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"Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it."

"Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

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"The guilty think all talk is of themselves."

"The guilty think all talk is of themselves."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

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"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."

"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

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"Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much."

"Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much."

John Wayne, American Actor

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"I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it."

"I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it."

Anderson Cooper, American Journalist

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"I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk."

"I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk."

Maximilian Schell, Swiss Actor

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"I'm not sure we think it's a win to talk about what you're taking out."

"I'm not sure we think it's a win to talk about what you're taking out."

Rick Wagoner, American Businessman

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"Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody."

"Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody."

Helen Gurley Brown, American Editor

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"You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist."

"You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist."

Studs Terkel, American Journalist

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"Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes."

"Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

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"Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible."

"Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

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"Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win."

"Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win."

Lincoln Chafee, American Politician

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"You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes."

"You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

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"Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C."

"Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C."

Geoff Davis, American Politician

Talk, Talking, Washington

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"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

"If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem."

"And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem."

Richard Morris, English Clergyman

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"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

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"Only votes talk, everything else walks."

"Only votes talk, everything else walks."

Dan Rather, American Journalist

35

"Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have."

"Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

35

"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him."

"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk."

"George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

35

"It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow."

"It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow."

Anne Heche, American Actress

35

"You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!"

"You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!"

Peter Falk, American Actor

35

"Writers write. Dreamers talk about it."

"Writers write. Dreamers talk about it."

Jerry B. Jenkins, American Novelist

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"When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about."

"When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about."

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor

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"Hey kid, do you want to come and talk to Charlie?"

"Hey kid, do you want to come and talk to Charlie?"

Edgar Bergen, American Actor

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"I'd rather you didn't talk, but it's up to you."

"I'd rather you didn't talk, but it's up to you."

Graham Kennedy, Australian Entertainer

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"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me."

"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me."

Barry Sheene, British Celebrity

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"Talk radio doesn't need to be political."

"Talk radio doesn't need to be political."

Jim Sullivan, English Musician

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"Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk."

"Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk."

Larry Speakes, American Public Servant

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"I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like."

"I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like."

Aries Spears, American Actor

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"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."

"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

34

"I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast."

"I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

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"We tend to prefer candidates that don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco."

"We tend to prefer candidates that don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco."

Sarah Palin, American Politician

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"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

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"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

"In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Talk, Theater, Writer

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"A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much."

"A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Talk, Talking, Writing

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"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."

"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."

Truman Capote, American Novelist

Talk, Worth, Writing

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"Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?"

"Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?"

Art Buchwald, American Journalist

Talk, Talking, Television

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"If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter."

"If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter."

Bob Uecker, American Athlete

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"I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general."

"I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general."

Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

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"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

"You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage."

Sarah Silverman, American Comedian

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"Tennis lets you talk while you're playing."

"Tennis lets you talk while you're playing."

Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress

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"The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself."

"The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself."

Gavin Rossdale, British Musician

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"I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

"I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

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"The less you talk, the more you're listened to."

"The less you talk, the more you're listened to."

Abigail Van Buren, American Journalist

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