Not Talking Quotes - Page 11

For me at this time in my life I recognize that everything is about moving closer to that which is God. And without a full, spiritual center - and I am not talking about religion, I am talking about without understanding the fullness from which you've come you can't really fulfill your supreme moment of destiny.

Oprah Winfrey

Spiritual, Moving, Destiny

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We are talking only to ourselves. We are not talking to the rivers, we are not listening to the wind and stars. We have broken the great conversation. By breaking that conversation we have shattered the universe. All the disasters that are happening now are a consequence of that spiritual 'autism.'

Thomas Berry

Spiritual, Stars, Talking

Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stanley, David Loy, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim (2013). “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”, p.59, The Golden Sufi Center

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Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am never sure they'll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.

Vikram Seth

Book, Writing, Successful

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If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives and to give their families the best possible future.

Melinda Gates

Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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When Scripture talks about the heart, it's not talking about that life-sustaining muscle. It's talking about our entire inner being. The heart is the seat of our emotions, the seat of decisive action, and the seat of belief (as well as doubt).

Billy Graham

Heart, Talking, Doubt

Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.49, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Most people talk when they have nothing to say. I’m not talking because I have too much to say. None of which I’d want you to hear.

Megan McCafferty

Talking, People, Want

Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.967, Crown

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It's a robust time, probably the most fertile time for the underground and for revolution since Nixon. I'm not talking about political overthrow; I'm talking about just general cultural revolution. Bush has polarised the country and is creating this breeding ground for an opposition. In the next couple of months, they'll probably make it unpatriotic to be Democrat. It's pretty crazy.

Neil Young

Country, Couple, Crazy

"'Will I be deported?'". Interview with Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. May 2003.

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We are not talking about esthetics. We are talking about life: survival of Man. We must train young people to get another vision of Nature. We call it 'wilderness,' and we think it is progress to get further and further away from it. How crazy! Where would we have been if Nature had not built us up?

Thor Heyerdahl

Crazy, Men, Thinking

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Right now, we're not a team. I think we're genuinely happy for each other when we're out there on the court. We've got to find new and different ways to support each other on the floor. The comfort zone that we've been in, we've got to change it a little bit. Everybody has onus on this team. It's easy for someone to say, 'I play only 10 minutes a game, so they're not talking about me.' But that 10 minutes is just as important.

Ray Allen

Team, Thinking, Talking

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Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

C. J. Cherryh

Reality, Talking, Degrees

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No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

Charles de Gaulle

Mean, Talking, Spite

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What does it mean when you hook up your work to that of a late modernist giant working in a reductive vein - Ad Reinhardt, Agnes Martin, Robert Ryman, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, or Donald Judd, for example - like a caboose? I am not talking about engaging directly with another artist's work or ideas, but of perpetuating a look or, in the case of Wade Guyton, the various monochromatic, striped and geometric surfaces we associate with Minimalism.

John Yau

Mean, Artist, Talking

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People write to me and say, 'I'm giving up, you're not talking to me.' I just write them a simple message like, 'Never give up,' you know? And it changes their life.

Justin Bieber

Giving Up, Writing, Simple

"Justin Bieber: The satirical genius in quotes" by Verashni Pillay, mg.co.za. May 8, 2013.

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To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.

R. C. Sproul

Party, Past, Talking

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When a person really loves you, you can feel it. I'm not talking about the way YOU feel nor the way he/she feels towards you but the way he/she treats you. From their actions, you can feel their love.

Rita Zahara

Love You, Talking, Way

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The point is not that Jesus was a good guy who accepted everybody, and thus we should do the same (though that would be good). Rather, his teachings and behaviour reflect an alternative social vision. Jesus was not talking about how to be good and how to behave within the framework of a domination system. He was a critic of the domination system itself.

Marcus Borg

Jesus, Teaching, Talking

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Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about.

David Cross

Talking, Cnn, Long

"Let America Laugh". Interview with Dan Hoyle / WireTap, www.alternet.org. January 1, 2004.

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Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.

Leo Ornstein

Talking, Trying, Compromise

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At AT&T, I learned an awful lot about people, and how important it is to have the right people in the right jobs. And when I say 'right people,' I'm not talking about their college degree or work history; I'm talking about things like bearing - How does this person interact with other people? Can he or she talk to you and not tick you off?

Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Jobs, College, Talking

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Most people I've talked to are convinced that they're not getting valuable information from news media anymore. I'm not talking about tinfoil-hatters either, these are intelligent people who believe their news media has failed them.

Drew Curtis

Believe, Intelligent, Media

"Fark's Drew Curtis On How "News" Isn't News". Interview with Brian Montopoli, www.cbsnews.com. May 23, 2007.

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It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn't laugh.

Harry Shum, Jr.

Talking, People, Laughing

"Exclusive Interview: Glee's Harry Shum, Jr." by Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. October 11, 2011.

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[Obamacare] was going to be the Republicans' big issue, and they're not talking about it because it's working.

Bill Maher

Talking, Obamacare, Issues

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I'm giving you my life to prove to myself I can, I really can love somebody. Even when I'm not getting paid, I can give love and happiness and charm. You see, I can handle the baby food and the not talking and being homeless and invisible, but I have to know that I can love somebody. Completely and totally, permanently and without hope of reward, just as an act of will, I will love somebody.

Chuck Palahniuk

Baby, Talking, Giving

Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.295, W. W. Norton & Company

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So, the thing we’re all not talking about,” he says. He gestures to me. “You almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now we’re all waging some serious war with the factionless as allies.” “Pansycake?” says Christina. “Dauntless slang.” Lynn smirks. “Supposed to be a huge insult, only no one uses it anymore.” “Because it’s so offensive,” says Uriah, nodding. “No. Because it’s so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?” “And a half,” he says.

Veronica Roth

War, Stupid, Thinking

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When he didn't answer, she didn't know if it was because he couldn't or if he was back to not talking to her. Back to pushing her out of his life. Men! Why was it that boys said girls were so hard to understand, when she hadn't known a single guy who hadn't confused her to the point of screaming?

C.C. Hunter

Girl, Confused, Boys

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