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title: "3 Lapsed Silence Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/those-who-had-demanded-no-more-than-an-end-to-the-bombing-of-north/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [“What have you done to it, Monkeyman? - he breathed. - Well, - said Arthur, - nothing in fact. It's just that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/what-have-you-done-to-it-monkeyman-he-breathed-well-said-arthur/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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> [“With the subject of work off limits, they lapsed into a silence they couldn't recover from, leaving Joanna to wonder how she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-stevan/with-the-subject-of-work-off-limits-they-lapsed-into-a-silence-they/)

[Diana Stevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-stevan/)

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