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• Dialogue is a necessary evil.

  Fred Zinnemann

  Writing, Evil, Necessary Evil

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• Trust doesn't come haphazardly. It really has to be built over time. And that trust has to happen really at times when there isn't a crisis. That's why I think having regular meetings and conversation when there's no crisis, when you can build trust and a friendship and a relationship that allows for better dialogue and far more consequential deal-making can occur when a crisis does come up.

  Tom Daschle

  Thinking, Doe, Come Up

  "Former Senate leaders: Here's how to make a deal" by Dana Bash, www.cnn.com. December 14, 2012.

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• A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry over to discussions. They develop a richer understanding of the uniqueness of each person's point of view.

  Peter Senge

  Motivational, Team, Unique

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• A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust which leads to engagement

  Seth Godin

  Connections, Engagement

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• When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

  Dolores Huerta

  Educational, Mean, People

  "Wisdom Watch: Dolores Huerta". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. August 15, 2007.

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• Because the twentieth century was a century of violence, let us make the twenty-first a century of dialogue.

  Dalai Lama

  Twenties, Violence, Firsts

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• A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

  Cornel West

  Honest, Multiracial

  Twitter post from Aug 05, 2009

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• A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and argue in favor of their views as they try to convince others to change. At best this may produce agreement or compromise, but it does not give rise to anything creative.

  David

  Keys, Views, Agreement

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• When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?

  Thomas Sowell

  Errors, Sin, Human Nature

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• The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, Understanding, Democracy

  Woodrow Wilson (2016). “The New Freedom: [Illustrated & Biography Added]”, p.66, eKitap Projesi

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• Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy.

  Franz Werfel

  Art, Humanity, Religion

  Franz Werfel (2017). “Between Heaven and Earth”, p.215, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.

  Joan Jett

  Names, Calling, Hard

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day To Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

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• If you're creating a smile in yourself and also giving it to someone else, then you've started a dialogue. You also start to play.

  Jeppe Hein

  Play, Creating, Giving

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

  Robert A. M. Stern

  Dream, Talking, House

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• Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Eye, Film Directing, People

  Francois Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock, Helen G. Scott (1985). “Hitchcock”, p.222, Simon and Schuster

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• If you want to change a mind, there's no better way than a dialogue over coffee.

  Perry Bellegarde

  Coffee, Mind

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• Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Dark, Sides, Argument

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• If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed

  Paulo Freire

  Doe, Structure, Permit

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• Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue.

  Jim Parsons

  Writing, Thinking, Play

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit.

  Guillermo Cabrera Infante

  Voice, Silence, Pages

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• Dialogue is character and character is plot.

  George V

  Character, Plot

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• All good dialogue perhaps deals with something unprecedented.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Writing, Deals, Unprecedented

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• It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters.

  Stephen King

  Character, Writing, Voice

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and have to question yourself; but normally, dialogue writes itself.

  Ayn Rand

  Writing, Listening, Might

  Ayn Rand (2000). “The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers”, p.74, Penguin

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• The relationship is the communication bridge between people.

  Alfred Kadushin

  Communication, Bridges, People

  Alfred Kadushin, Professor Alfred Kadushin, Goldie Kadushin (2013). “The Social Work Interview”, p.82, Columbia University Press

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