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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Anton Chekhov People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Raoul Vaneigem People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
    Raoul Vaneigem
    Belgian philosopher (1934 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Blaise Pascal Pride takes such natural possession of us in the midst of our woes, errors, etc. We even lose our life with joy, provided people talk of it.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Francis Bacon Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bill Dedman Relaxing at home in his 55th-floor condominium before a game, Sammy Sosa is the same as at the ball park: focused but funny, exuberant but reserved. He is in a strange country, conversing in two languages, but his every movement displays a combination of confidence and humility.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Denis Waitley Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Edwin H. Stuart Remember, every time you open your mouth to talk, your mind walks out and parades up and down the words.
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  • Pythagoras Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
    Pythagoras
    Greek philosopher (580 - 504)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Lillian Smith Rich folks always talk hard times.
    Lillian Smith
    American writer (1897 - 1966)
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  • Bob Newhart Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Bob Marley Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,
    so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you
    Judge Not (single, 1961) Song Lyrics
    Bob Marley
    Jamaican singer-songwriter (1945 - 1981)
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  • Deborah Tannen Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball.
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  • Brit Marling Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
    Brit Marling
    American actress and screenwriter (1982 - )
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  • Philip K. Dick Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.
    Philip K. Dick
    American science fiction writer (1928 - 1982)
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  • Carl Lewis Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Ben Stein Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Bob Harper Since I started CrossFit, I've read and heard about the critics talk about how unsafe it is, and my only response to that is any form of exercise can be unsafe if you don't have the proper coaching, education and guidance.
    Bob Harper
    American personal trainer, reality television personality, and author (1965 - )
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