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  • Carl Rowan Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court.
    Inside Washington, March 20, 1993.
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Wilson Mizner Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
    Wilson Mizner
    American Author (1876 - 1933)
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  • William Pitt Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
    William Pitt
    British statesman (1759 - 1806)
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  • Winston Churchill Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • C. S. Lewis Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Berenice Bejo Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking pictures of her, she never thought, 'I'm with George Valentine. I need to get a picture with him." She's like "oh that's funny. Everyone's taking pictures!
    Berenice Bejo
    French-Argentine actress (1976 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Brad Wenstrup Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government leadership. My life has taken me to places where I have experiences that I think I can share. A lot of times, we see people who are career politicians. I'm not the conventional candidate, nor do I want to be.
    Brad Wenstrup
    American politician, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Reserve" class="mw-redirect&# (1958 - )
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  • Caroline Winberg Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends who are French, Australian, English and American; a very weird mix.
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  • Will Rogers Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • John Dryden Far more numerous are those as such; who think to little and talk to much.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Harper Lee Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. You're not gonna change any of them by talking right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
    Harper Lee
    American writer (1926 - 2016)
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  • Francis Bacon For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bob Kahn For computer communications, computers talk in little bursts. They're not continuous like speech.
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  • Robert Frost Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk sense.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Katherine F. Gerould Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude.
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  • Bill Hybels God doesn't want us to pile up impressive phrases. He doesn't want us to use words without thinking about their meaning. He wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Hybels God isn't interested in stock phrases. Talk to him. Talk to the Father sincerely.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Phyllis Mcginley Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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