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  • Sydney Smith His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Bell Hooks No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Brendon Urie 'Miss Jackson' is about something that actually happened to me when I was younger. I hadn't really talked about it, and I felt that if I didn't, I would keep thinking about it; it would drive me crazy.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Alva Myrdal A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of 'balance' and 'deterrence'.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Oscar Wilde A man who is much talked about is always very attractive.
    The importance of being earnest (1895) act 2
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Caution has its place, no doubt, but we cannot refuse our support to a serious venture which challenges the whole of the personality. If we oppose it, we are trying to suppress what is best in man -his daring and his aspirations. And should we succeed, we should only have stood in the way of that invaluable experience which might have given a meaning to life. What would have happened if Paul had allowed himself to be talked out of his journey to Damascus?
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Bill Ayers Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.
    Bill Ayers
    American elementary education theorist (1944 - )
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  • Ben Affleck Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Kin Hubbard Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • William Hazlitt He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • George Farquehar I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
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  • Charles Dickens I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Anne Rice I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Burt Bacharach I'd met Dr Dre, he was thinking about his next album, we talked a little and he said, 'Let me give you some of these loops and see what you come up with'.
    Burt Bacharach
    American composer, songwriter and pianist (1928 - 2023)
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  • Barbra Streisand I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Bryce Harper I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Anna Wickham It is well within the order of things that man should listen when his mate sings; but the true male never yet walked who liked to listen when his mate talked.
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  • Calvin Klein It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
    Calvin Klein
    American fashion designer (1942 - )
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  • Al Sharpton James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Bill Keller Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.
    Bill Keller
    American journalist (1949 - )
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