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Talk Quotes

"I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like."

"I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like."

Ruth Buzzi, 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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"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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"You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen."

"You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen."

Lee Trevino, American Athlete

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"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

"I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

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"I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem."

"I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

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"I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."

"I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

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"I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say."

"I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

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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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"I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas."

"I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas."

Patrick Buchanan, American Political Commentator

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"I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky."

"I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

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"There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot."

"There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

27

"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years."

"I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

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"I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox."

"I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox."

Jonathan Bennett, British Philosopher

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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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"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."

"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

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"I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading."

"I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading."

Boris Becker, German Athlete

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"Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story."

"Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story."

Aaron Stanford, American Actor

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"I'll let the racket do the talking."

"I'll let the racket do the talking."

John McEnroe, American Athlete

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"You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork."

"You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

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"I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk."

"I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

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"He who talks much cannot talk well."

"He who talks much cannot talk well."

Carlo Goldoni, Italian Playwright

26

"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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"I'll talk to myself out loud a lot."

"I'll talk to myself out loud a lot."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

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"Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical."

"Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical."

Christine Lavin, American Musician

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"I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point."

"I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

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"Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."

"Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."

Natalie Goldberg, American Author

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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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"Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are."

"Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are."

Jeff Hawkins, American Inventor

Talk, Talking, Want

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"Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town."

"Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town."

Peter Maxwell Davies, English Composer

Talk, Television

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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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"What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself."

"What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself."

Bob Kane, American Artist

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"They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries."

"They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

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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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"Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them."

"Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

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"Always do something that requires you and your date to talk."

"Always do something that requires you and your date to talk."

Steven Hill, American Actor

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"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

"Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk."

Art Spiegelman, American Artist

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"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."

"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

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"I'll talk. You'll listen."

"I'll talk. You'll listen."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

22

"I talk by playing, not by words."

"I talk by playing, not by words."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

22

"I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department."

"I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

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"Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood."

"Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood."

Moliere, French Playwright

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

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

Francis Picabia, French Artist

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"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

Elliott Smith, American Musician

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"If you write something the White House doesn't like, they take you in and say, 'If you ever write something like you did today, nobody from the White House will ever talk to you again,'"

"If you write something the White House doesn't like, they take you in and say, 'If you ever write something like you did today, nobody from the White House will ever talk to you again,'"

Ron Suskind, American Journalist

Talk, Today, Will

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"There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday."

"There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday."

Otis Blackwell, American Musician

Talk, Yesterday

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"You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket."

"You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket."

Bill Cartwright, American Athlete

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"I will hear no talk that there are no intermediate-range weapons on the NATO side."

"I will hear no talk that there are no intermediate-range weapons on the NATO side."

E. P. Thompson, British Historian

Talk, Weapons, Will

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"I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out."

"I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out."

Sandy Duncan, American Musician

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"It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one."

"It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one."

Jerzy Kosinski, Polish Novelist

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