The arts of speech are rhetoric and poetry. Rhetoric is the art of transacting a serious business of the understanding as if… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
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Have you ever observed somebody go through a religious conversion? The person seems perfectly reasonable to you and has no particular concern… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
I think being mediocre and in the middle would be the worst. It's more interesting to get strong reactions, and to have… — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
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The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's really important to look at yourself in the mirror and have a conversation. Tell yourself you're beautiful every single day. Even… — Normani Kordei Copy Share Image
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Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I am just always trying to pay attention to how to communicate things that may not always be the hot topic issues… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
“His conversation was in free and easy defiance of Murray's Grammar, and was garnished at convenient intervals with various profane expressions, which… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
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We no longer have the public spheres available to be able to contest that violence. We don't see it in the mainstream… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing.… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the current presumption, if there is any man who has no right to solitude, it is the artist. Art cannot… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The greatest communicators have unknowingly used a story pattern. They not only use anecdotes effectively, but their communication followed a persuasive story… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
As I've gotten older, I've felt I have more authority on that subject. I think the conversation needs to be reframed. What… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
The truly unique trait of 'Sapiens' is our ability to create and believe fiction. All other animals use their communication system to… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“We almost began a perfect conversation, F. said as he turned on the six o'clock news. He turned the radio very loud… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“When we dare to speak in a liberatory voice, we threaten even those who may initially claim to want our words. In… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
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I start out making my paintings for me. I don't see it as a form of communication. Until, of course, after they… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
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With regard to North Korea, between myself and President Obama earlier, with regard to the so-called launch of satellite, the missile launch,… — Yoshihiko Noda Copy Share Image
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You don’t have to sleep with prostitutes or take drugs in order to have a relationship with organized crime. They affect our… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] has done this not through angry speeches, but through the powerful symbols and examples of embracing a badly deformed man,… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
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As far as I know, the line of communication between the U.S. and Russia continues to be open and the battlefield commanders… — Rex W. Tillerson Copy Share Image
"Our first conversation was on the phone. I was in the bathtub, and I had to tell him that I was in… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
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![“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic…” quote by Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/roman-payne-1959_advice-for-writers_i-ran-across-an-excerpt-today-in-english_2690369.jpg)
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