People Talking Quotes

• Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

  Clement Attlee

  Freedom, Mean, Democracies Have

  Speech at Oxford, 14 June 1957, in The Times 15 June 1957

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• Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Success, Talking

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• Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Men, Talking

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• I don't like people talking bad about me, I get hurt so precisely I don't end up saying that for others.

  Katrina Kaif

  Hurt, Talking, People

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• People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence.

  Paul Simon

  Talking, People, Thought Provoking

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• American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.

  Shirley Henderson

  Talking, People, Scripts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Talking, People, Half

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• I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

  David Morse

  Talking, People, Actors

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• It's becoming clear that the world is listening, so now we're trying to get new groups of people talking.

  Ethan Zuckerman

  Talking, People, Listening

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• I know I'm a grumpy old man, but I'm always more delighted by readers talking about the actual comics than people talking about how eager they are to have their favorite comics be "elevated" into another medium. Adaptations are great, but for me, comics have always been the destination, not a stepping-stone to get somewhere else.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Men, People, Adaptation

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• Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you.

  Jean Berko Gleason

  Talking, People, Language

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• I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

  Adam McKay

  Talking, People, Alabama

  "An Open Letter to the State of Alabama" by Adam McKay, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2010.

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• My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and there are a lot of people talking about love without much truth.

  Shane Claiborne

  Talking, People, Goal

  Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.24, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?

  Kyle MacLachlan

  Crazy, Phones, Talking

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• There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me [and] directed at the president. You know, people talking about taking their country back. There's a certain racial component to this for some people. I don't think this is the thing that is a main driver, but for some there's a racial animus.

  Eric Holder

  Country, Thinking, Talking

  "Eric Holder: U.S. Still 'Afraid' of Race". ABC News interview, abcnews.go.com. July 13, 2014.

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• Religion is the yeast of death cakes. It is the most awful agent on a vulnerable mind. It's the refuge of alienated and lonely people. It's what people had before television. It yokes people together into an imaginary world. It is just people talking to their imaginary friends, at length. I wouldn't mind, but some of the people are world leaders.

  Dylan Moran

  Lonely, Cake, Talking

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• I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

  Skrillex

  Talking, People, Talking About Me

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn't understand the concept of people talking over music.

  Akon

  Talking, People, Hip Hop

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• I came away believing and really deeply troubled by is the extent to which you can have two well-intentioned people talking in a friendly spirit and you get to a point where the two mutual mythologies just don't intersect. So kind of the next piece I'd like to write or think about is how did this left-right divide get so weird and codified.

  George Saunders

  Believe, Writing, Thinking

  "In Search For Answers, Author George Saunders Covers Trump Campaign". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. July 9, 2016.

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• One woman violated is already too many but when I learned that it was one in three, the first thought in my head was "Why aren't more people talking about this?"

  Sufe Bradshaw

  Talking, People, Three

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• One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I could be a comedian like Red Skelton - that's what I watched on TV - then maybe I would have friends. I just remember that if I told stories to my friends, they listened. And in my family, with nine people talking at the same time, it's really hard to get people to listen to you. We were all craving attention.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Dream, Talking, People

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• And ... and what is civilisation if it isn't people talking to each other over a goddamned beer?

  James S.A. Corey

  Beer, Talking, People

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• Fame it's like... When you look through a window, say you pass a little pub, or an inn. You look through the window and you see people talking and carrying on. You,can watch outside the window and see them all being very real with each other. But when you walk into the room, it's over. I don't pay any attention to it.

  Bob Dylan

  Real, Talking, People

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• The idea of Judaism as a flower, it a message for Jewish people, talking about the future. Many people associate Judaism with old and dry laws, and the Holocaust. But with this metaphor, Judaism for me is useful, pleasant, and fills me with good feelings.

  Csanad Szegedi

  Flower, Ideas, Talking

  Source: www.salon.com

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• I have people talking about, "Boy, I hate to go to work." I love to go to work!

  Charlie Daniels

  Hate, Boys, Talking

  Source: www.cbn.com

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