Monologues Quotes

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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote
When your woman gives you the silent treatment, say you're sorry, or you'll find out how truly sorry you are when her monologue resumes. — Wes Fesler
I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell is rung when… — Benito Mussolini
There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. — Rebecca West
To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don't like… — Thomas Jane
I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking… — Sally Field
I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and… — Randy Harrison
Two monologues do not make a dialogue. — Jeff Daly
Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world must be a… — Dina Powell
People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips. — Gillian Flynn
People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening. — Stephen Covey
My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language — Elfriede Jelinek
What is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of… — Jacques Attali
Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or… — William H. Gass
The 1992 US Olympic basketball team is the best sports team ever, the equivalent of rounding up the greatest American writers of the last century… — Anna Quindlen
Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues. — Jim Fowler
Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer… — Jonathan Evison
If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to be dynamic. Most… — Patricia Hampl
One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five… — Ryan Kwanten

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