Dialogue Quotes

• The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore, the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences and clashes of interests, whether between individuals or nations, is through dialogue.

  Dalai Lama

  Intelligent, Reality, Differences

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• Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

  Sol Stein

  Writing, Language

  Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.113, St. Martin's Press

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• Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together

  Scilla Elworthy

  Communication, Together, Partners

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• I think that's the most important thing: that we create dialogue.

  Nia Long

  Thinking, Important, Important Things

  "The Root Interview: Nia Long on 'Mooz-lum' and Motherhood". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.theroot.com. February 18, 2011.

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• What is essential here is the presence of the spirit of dialogue, which is in short, the ability to hold many points of view in suspension, along with a primary interest in the creation of common meaning.

  David

  Views, Essentials, Spirit

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• Communication works for those who work at it.

  John Powell

  Work, Communication, Media

  John Powell, Loretta Brady (1985). “Will the real me please stand up?: so we can all get to know you! : 25 guidelines for good communication”, Thomas More Pr

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• The act of collaboration must start with dialogue. You cannot build relationships without having an understanding of your potential partners, and you cannot achieve that understanding without a special form of communication that goes beyond ordinary conversation.

  Daniel Yankelovich

  Communication, Understanding, Special

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• We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.

  Cory Booker

  Country, Destiny, Independence

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• The real meaning of travel, like that of a conversation by the fireside, is the discovery of oneself through contact with other people, and its condition is self-commitment in the dialogue.

  Paul Tournier

  Real, Commitment, Discovery

  Paul Tournier (1957). “The Meaning of Persons”

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• A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

  Truman Capote

  Communication, Intelligent, Talking

  "Leadership Divided: What Emerging Leaders Need and What You Might Be Missing". Book by Ron A. Carucci, September 30, 2006.

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• Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.

  Stephen King

  Art, Writing, Crafts

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.

  Bell Hooks

  Honesty, Insightful, Foundation

  "Fools for love" by Bell Hooks, www.theguardian.com. February 14, 2000.

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• Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Education, Spiritual

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• I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Writing, Thinking, Visuals

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• We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Priorities, World, Contradiction

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• It really just gives you a sense of when you need to have dialogue and when you don't, and if your pictures are telling the story, you don't need to have all this talking.

  Craig McCracken

  Talking, Giving, Needs

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. July 2, 2002.

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• There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly.

  Bill Forsyth

  Character, People, Phrases

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• I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.

  E. O. Wilson

  Character, People, Quality

  "EO Wilson: Our Greatest Biologist Writes A Novel, ‘Anthill’". Interview with Steve Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2010.

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• You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

  Erma Bombeck

  Family, Death, Dying

  Erma Bombeck (1997). “Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist”, p.149, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

  Claudio Hummes

  Church, Conviction, Method

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• I like to read general biology - things about the immune system and advances in that area - because it lays the foundation for my part of the dialogue at the foundation about what things we ought to pursue.

  Bill Gates

  Foundation, Biology, Immune System

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• When you're with your wife, you don't say I love you to your wife every day but the ways you look at her and your actions are another way to communicate. Don't focus on dialogue, only focus on what you're expressing.

  Michel Hazanavicius

  I Love You, Wife, Focus

  "[Cannes Interview] 'The Artist' Director Michel Hazanavicius and Star Berenice Bejo". Interview with Raffi Asdourian, thefilmstage.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Fashion, Collections, Non Stop

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• When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.

  Ernest Becker

  Love, Animal, Men

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• Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

  Vicente Fox

  Greatness, Men, Civilization

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