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Talk Quotes

"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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"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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"I talk by playing, not by words."

"I talk by playing, not by words."

Bernie Worrell, 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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"I found you could raise your voice and talk out loud in the world."

"I found you could raise your voice and talk out loud in the world."

John J. McCloy, American Lawyer

Talk, Voice, World

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"I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about."

"I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about."

Mark Victor Hansen, American Businessman

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"If I can talk, I can sing."

"If I can talk, I can sing."

John Raitt, American Actor

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"I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer."

"I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer."

Judith Rossner, American Novelist

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"Rich folks always talk hard times."

"Rich folks always talk hard times."

Lillian Smith, American Novelist

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"They talk most who have the least to say."

"They talk most who have the least to say."

Matthew Prior, English Poet

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"Why talk when you can paint?"

"Why talk when you can paint?"

Milton Avery, American Artist

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"They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think."

"They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think."

Matthew Prior, English Poet

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"Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth."

"Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

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"They talk about conscription as a democratic institution. Yes; so is a cemetary."

"They talk about conscription as a democratic institution. Yes; so is a cemetary."

Meyer London, American Politician

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"You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host."

"You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host."

Dan Abrams, American Journalist

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"Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk."

"Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk."

Jeff Probst, American Entertainer

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"If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette."

"If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette."

Jimmy Piersall, American Athlete

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"Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?"

"Why don't you talk, and go straight, and let all be well?"

Black Kettle, American Leader

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"I always try to think before I talk."

"I always try to think before I talk."

Margaret Chase Smith, American Politician

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"I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast."

"I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast."

Mary Todd Lincoln, American First Lady

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"I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons."

"I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons."

James Inhofe, American Politician

Talk, Treatment

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"This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants."

"This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Talk, Talking, Writers

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"We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest."

"We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

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"I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears."

"I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid."

"We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"One must steer, not talk."

"One must steer, not talk."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Talk, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it."

"I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all."

"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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