"Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard."

-- William Jennings Bryan

#Talking Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.”
“My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles.”

Source : "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.
“Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me without the necessary protective irony would eat through my head and kill me.”

Source : George W. S. Trow (1981). “Within the Context of No Context”, p.119, Atlantic Monthly Press
“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.”
“I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.”

Source : "Bartender Wisdom: Anthony Mackie Edition" by Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. June 21, 2012.
“There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.”
“But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.”

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