Quotes with talk-funny

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  • Bell Hooks America is a country that would rather talk about race than class.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say ''Gentlemen'' to the person with whom he is conversing.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Matthew Prior And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Barry McGuire And a friend of mine in the Christys, we used to sit up at night and talk and read and wonder if reincarnation, and if it wasn't reality, what would happen to the human spirit when the body dies? Is there an afterlife? Just questions like that.
    Barry McGuire
    American singer-songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Bob Schieffer And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
    Bob Schieffer
    American television journalist (1937 - )
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  • Betty Ford And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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  • Al Franken And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Barbara Castle And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • Cassandra Clare And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.
    Cassandra Clare
    American author of young adult fiction (1973 - )
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  • Cass Sunstein Antonin Scalia was witty, warm, funny, and full of life. He was not only one of the most important justices in the nation's history; he was also among the greatest.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Campbell Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.
    Bruce Campbell
    American actor, writer and director (1958 - )
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  • C. C. H. Pounder Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
    C. C. H. Pounder
    Guyanese–American actress
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  • Robert Montgomery Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?
    Robert Montgomery
    English poet and minister (1807 - 1855)
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  • Bernard Barton As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee.
    Bernard Barton
    English Quaker poet (1784 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to talk of any final victory over materialism.
    The Weight of Glory (1949)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Boris Kodjoe As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.
    Boris Kodjoe
    Austrian-American actor, producer (1973 - )
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  • Carlo Ratti As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
    Carlo Ratti
    Italian architect, engineer and activist
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  • Brad Sherman As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions. Meeting the President of the United States is just the honor we should bestow on our academic champions.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bev Perdue At the end of the day, things don't get better unless you continue to invest in your workforce. And I've not heard any Republican talk about education and the investment in the future workforce.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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