"Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human."

-- Bryce Courtenay

#Talking Quotes #Debate Quotes #Ends Quotes

“The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a living.”
“Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.”
“We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.”
“I can't say I ever loved my mother; I admired her.”
“Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel, they call it being tactful. Cowardice would be a much better name. Tact is an active quality t hat is not exercised by merely making a dash for cover. Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought to face.”
“He loved her, free parts and labor. But she broke down and died.”

Source : Song: The last chance texaco, Album: Rickie Lee Jones
“I think the poet is the last person who is still speaking the truth when no one else dares to. I think the poet is the first person to begin the shaping and visioning of the new forms and the new consciousness when no one else has begun to sense it; I think these are two of the most essential human functions.”
“It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger”, p.177, Atlantic Books Ltd

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