“I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do with extracting intimate secrets or confessions, but rather with establishing, in motion, an essential image of the kind that remains in memory or recurs in dreams.” TryingKindDreamMovingMemoriesForgetSecretTalkingEssentialsModelsRemainsIntimateConfession Author:Oskar Kokoschka
“Most frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange of secrets.” WinningWishSecretTalkingConfidenceVanityConfidant Author:Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
“The secret to writing sound effects is having a room you can be alone in, trying to make the sounds yourself, and seeing what comes out. It's similar to if you're writing a character talking with their mouth full: the only way I know to transcribe that is to stuff my fist in my mouth and write down what sounds I make when I try to talk.” IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingBookCharacterStuffSoundRoomsSecretTalkingSeeingEffectsMouthsComicComic BookFistsSound Effects Author:Ryan North
“I'm a secret nonmember of the establishment. This isn't a grubby kind of revolution I'm talking about. This isn't Che Guevara stuff. I don't want to live on berries in the woods - I don't think anybody does.” ThinkingWantKindDoeWisdomPoliticsStuffSecretTalkingEconomyRevolutionWoodsLiberalismEstablishmentBerries Author:Louis O. Kelso
“We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets and in many cases exposing government illegality. They're coming after the journalists and they're coming after the whistleblowers. It's not a good sign if the government is expending much energy trying to find out who journalists are talking to.” IfsWantTryingGovernmentEnergySecretTalkingCasesErasJournalistExposingWhistleblowers Author:Laura Poitras
“I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.” KnowsWayGivingTryingLittlesBookEnoughWantedMotherReadingNamesChanceRoomsSecretTalkingMomAppreciateCodeAcknowledgeAcknowledgmentAppreciate You Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“A talkative person runs himself upon great inconvenience by blabbing out his own and others' secrets.” PersonsRunningSecretTalkingInconvenienceTalkative Author:John Ray
“The secret to enlightenment is to lighten up. Whether you are talking rock or women, all there.” SecretTalkingRocksEnlightenment Author:Steven Tyler
“I loved him. I hated him. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to strangle him. I was a walking, talking contradiction. There were days I was so torn by my conflicting emotions that I thought I would be ripped in half. Staring at my best friend and secret object of my undying love, I wondered if I would ever get off this crazy train of emotions swirling around inside me. I didn't like feeling this way. But the truth was I couldn't remember a time I didn't feel this aching need to completely immerse myself in all things Daniel Lowe.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsFeelingsWould BeWantedRememberSecretEmotionHalfTalkingCrazyObjectsWalkingKissingAll ThingsTrainHatedStaringContradictionTornMy Best FriendRippedLowesConflicting EmotionsUndying Love Author:A. Meredith Walters
“I think the most important key to quality communication and interaction is developing an interest in the person you`re talking with. Most women know the secret to a quality conversation is to ask quality questions and have a sincere interest in hearing the answers. In fact, the best communicators very often say the least. It`s not the extrovert who dominates the conversation that a client feels most connected with, but rather the individual who shows a real and sincere interest in knowing about the life of the person they`re talking with.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPersonsImportantRealFactsShowsAsksIndividualInterestAnswersSecretQualityTalkingKnowingCommunicationKeysConversationConnectedHearingDevelopingSincereInteractionClientsCommunicatorsExtroverts Author:Tony Robbins
“I think one of the dirty little secrets that I try to reveal here is that Washington is not hopelessly divided. It's very interconnected. We're talking about people sort of feeding from the same insider trough, where if you are known as an insider, you are going to get paid and do very, very, very well.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWellsLittlesSecretTalkingKnownPaidDirtyDividedFeedingInterconnectedInsidersTrough Author:Mark Leibovich
“Interesting thing that is happening in American society is that people are starting to talk about money. I don't know how you feel about this, but for a long time, nobody was talking about money. It was a secret. And it's kind of very interesting because we do lots of stuff to portray to people about how much money we have, the clothes we wear and the cars we have and the house - they all kind of depict to other people, signal how much money we make, but we don't talk about it specifically.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindLongHouseStuffInterestingSecretTalkingKnow HowCarClothesLong TimeHappeningsStartingAll KindsSignalsVery InterestingInteresting ThingsHow You FeelAmerican SocietyTalking About Money Author:Dan Ariely
“The best antidote for loneliness, hopelessness, and fear is vulnerability: sharing your secrets and talking about what shames you, what you fear.” SecretTalkingLonelinessShameVulnerabilityHopelessnessAntidote Author:Jewel
“The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.” BelieveReadingChurchPrayerSecretTalkingPercentagesBible Reading Author:Dallas Willard