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“Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?”

Mind Persons Talking Clothes Skins Opening Cages Therapists Ribs Opening Up Mind Opening Rib Cage

Book:Black Box

Source: Black Box

“The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.”

Helping America Views Talking Issues Brave These Days Working It Realistic

Author:Jane Smiley

“I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It's their children I love.”

Knows Children Book Mother Names Talking Adults Kingdoms

Author:Enid Blyton

“Poetry is a kind of distilled insinuation. It's a way of expanding and talking around an idea or a question. Sometimes, more actually gets said through such a technique than a full frontal assault.”

Way Kind Said Ideas Sometimes Talking Technique Poetry Is Assault Expanding

Book:Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries

Source: Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries

“If one is talking about sculpture then scale and skin is everything.”

Ifs Talking Skins Scales Sculpture

Author:Anish Kapoor

“I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.”

Thinking Knows Littles Hard Play Wanted Decision Talking Emotional Percent Hardest Our Family Accomplished Hardest Thing Nhl Hard Decision

Author:Chris Chelios

“And I'm not even just talking artists, every single person in this nation has the right to be themselves, live life go team go. I love you Canada, thank you so much.”

Persons Artist Nations Talking Team Love You Live Life Canada Single Person

Author:K. D. Lang

“All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary supports, in the same way that it includes chiaroscuro, proportion, and perspective.”

Way Ideas Names Black White Talking Support Color Painting Perspective Proportion Black And White Worth It Chiaroscuro

Author:Eugene Delacroix

“When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.”

Humans Talking Combination Talking To Someone

Author:Ray Kurzweil

“You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.”

Character Stories Talking

Author:Zoe Kazan

“What I felt at that time - we're talking about '61 - was that I couldn't remember seeing a film that reflected the age we were living in.”

Age Remember Film Felt Talking Seeing

Author:Ken Adam

“In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.”

Way War Talking Limits Concepts One Way Torture Negotiation Turkeys Consumed

Author:Osman Baydemir

“I'd have to say, and I think that most Christians would hold the view, that there is such a thing as evil, and there are evil forces at work. You can articulate that by talking about Satan or the Devil; that's sound, Scriptural teaching.”

Thinking Christian Evil Force Sound Views Talking Teaching Devil Satan

Author:Peter Hollingworth

“At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.”

Firsts Believe May Reading Found Talking Mom My Mom Seats

Author:Reese Hoffa

“You never want to make a "message movie," but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.”

Want Care Talking Messages

Author:Rian Johnson

“I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, "I chose to do this part." A lot of times it's you're lucky to get the job. We're like, "Thank you so much."”

Jobs Actors Talking Watches Lucky

Author:Lucy Punch

“If we truly want to learn, we never learn when we are talking. We only learn when we are listening.”

Ifs Want Talking Listening

Author:James Altucher

“If your fear is talking to people, then go out and talk to people. You will find it just keeps getting easier and there's really nothing to be afraid of. However, I can tell you that if I stop for a month, it starts to seem scary again. So, the easiest way to fend off fear is to attack it, embrace it.”

People Ifs Way I Can Seems Talking Months Easier Embrace Scary

Author:Blake Roney

“Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.”

Young Talking Illness Complaining Psychological Neurotic Neurosis Lioness

Author:Sigmund Freud

“I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humor doesn't know what he's talking about.”

Knows Art I Can Talking Comedy Students Humour Philosophical

Author:Jackie Mason

“In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together.”

People Together Social Company Talking Social Life Get Together Evasion

Author:Louis Kronenberger

“The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.”

Persons Turns Process Talking Vote Democratic Supposed To Be Democratic Process

Author:James Hansen

“Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.”

Jobs Talking Sun Nice Wind Green

Author:James Hansen

“There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking points, that's dangerously simple. I don't know a better way to say it. And there's usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable.”

Knows Way Facts Happens Simple Talking Media Dangerous Politician Presses Bottom Complicated Better Ways Summarizing

Author:Seth Gordon

“I'm very quiet. I can go a whole week without talking, so doing interviews is really awkward for me!”

I Can Whole Talking Week Quiet Interviews Awkward

Author:Katie Leung

“I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.”

People Want Country Language My Own Talking Keep Talking

Author:Nadine Labaki

“I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.”

Way Writing Trying Use Shows Certain Song Given Differences Responsibility Talking Fans Listening Radio Making A Difference Writing Songs

Author:Randy Owen

“In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.”

Opportunity Company Talking Heard Reactions Great Things Firm Founders Google Visceral Consulting Very Cool Like Facebook

Author:Maynard Webb

“I don't like talking about music.”

Talking

Author:Martha Wainwright

“I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.”

Want Trying Children Wanted Jobs Courses Talking Influence Succeed My Children Occupation

Author:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

“England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents.”

People Made Stills Running Film Talking Class Middle Garden England Silly Middle Class Surprising Load Accents

Author:Stephen Daldry

“The great fun of doing new plays is that people have no idea what's going to happen next. That goes quite soon, as people start talking about it, and the only way you can keep hold of that is genuinely to keep changing it.”

People Way Ideas Play Happens Next Fun Talking No Idea

Author:Stephen Daldry

“My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it.”

Thinking Years Wells Looks Ends Next Goal Talking Achieve Serious Dad Crosses My Dad Next Year

Author:Miranda Leek

“Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance!”

Moments Artist Actors Loses Talking Performances

Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson

“Well, I think as long as people are talking about stimulus, I think the Fed will be thinking about cutting rates because monetary policy is the better way to go because you can turn it on and turn it off.”

People Thinking Way Wells Long Turns Talking Economy Cutting Policy Rate Feds Stimulus Better Ways Monetary Monetary Policy

Author:Franklin Raines

“One, I never get sick of talking about myself.”

Talking Sick

Author:David Wain

“Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.”

Men Want Children Talking Youth Our Children Your Children Smartness

Author:E. W. Howe

“We must always apologize for talking painting.”

Talking Painting Expression Apologizing

Author:Paul Valery

“Our minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.”

Knows Culture Father Justice Talking Democracy Position Diversity Social Justice Minorities

Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition

Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition

“Never underestimate the power of gaining a new perspective by simply changing your immediate environment. Going for a walk, reading a book, or talking to a friend can provide you with life-changing insights that you not otherwise attain while remaining stagnant.”

Book Reading Walks Talking Environment Perspective Gratitude Insight Life Changing Underestimate Never Underestimate Stagnant New Perspective

Author:Hal Elrod

“To become a champion, you must first think like a champion, and the best way to think like a champion is start talking like a champion. So start talking today like the champion you could be, and your thoughts and actions will follow.”

Thinking Way Firsts Today Action Success Talking Best Way Champion Thoughts And Actions

Author:Hal Elrod

“Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech."”

“We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.”

Wisdom Used Sin Talking Islamic Sinner Muslim Talking Too Much

Author:Ibn Sirin

“Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.”

Writing Firsts House Talking Pressure Opening Yards Upstairs

Book:Selected Letters

Source: Selected Letters

“To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers.”

Talking Healthy Organization Customers Chiefs Servant Employee Owners Executives Referring Servant Leadership Healthy Relationship Suppliers Chief Executives

Author:James Hunter

“He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing, this chip of murder. Meat, some part of him said. It's the meat talking, ignore it.”

Years Long Said Night Found Deals Talking Cold Drug Bed Long Time Murder Warm Meat Emptiness Chips Detachment Numb Numbness Sweating

Book:Neuromancer

Source: Neuromancer

“What we're talking about is the endless, gullible elevation of necessary levels of comfort and status and everything else at the complete expense of all around us. It's going to take us a long time to learn how to climb down a little bit from the heights on which we have put ourselves.”

Littles Long Bits Levels Talking Comfort Little Bit Long Time Endless Height Climbs Expenses Consumerism Overconsumption Elevation Gullible

Author:Bill McKibben

“But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.”

People Has Beens Talking Available Avoiding Frustrating

Author:John Frusciante

“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?”

People Ifs Thinking Men Has Beens Young Talking Vision Progress Crazy Survival Built Train Environmental Wilderness Not Talking

Author:Thor Heyerdahl

“The scientist is not much given to talking of the riddle of the universe. "Riddle" is not a scientific term. The conception of a riddle is "something which can he solved." And hence the scientist does not use that popular phrase. We don't know the why of anything. On that matter we are no further advanced than was the cavedweller. The scientist is contented if he can contribute something toward the knowledge of what is and how it is.”

Ifs Knows Doe Matter Use Science Universe Given Term Talking Knowledge Scientist Phrases Conception Riddle

Author:Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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