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Talk Quotes

"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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"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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"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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"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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"The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much."

"The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much."

William Howard Taft, American President

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"I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but all the players believe we can win some silverware next season and it is important that we are all kept together."

"I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but all the players believe we can win some silverware next season and it is important that we are all kept together."

Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete

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"It's hard to talk about yourself."

"It's hard to talk about yourself."

Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

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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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"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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"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

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"Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking."

"Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Talk, Talking, Thinking

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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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"But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much."

"But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"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

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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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

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"I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail."

"I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

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"Writers write. Dreamers talk about it."

"Writers write. Dreamers talk about it."

Jerry B. Jenkins, 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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"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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"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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"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

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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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"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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"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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"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me."

"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me."

Barry Sheene, British Celebrity

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"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

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"I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier."

"I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

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"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."

"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."

Byron Dorgan, American Politician

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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

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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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"But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me."

"But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me."

Jon Ronson, Welsh Journalist

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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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"Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter."

"Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

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"Tombstones don't talk back."

"Tombstones don't talk back."

Leland Chapman, American Celebrity

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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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"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'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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"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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"In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read."

"In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read."

Catherine II, Russian Statesman

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"My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back."

"My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

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