"You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore."

-- John Cheever

#Speech Quotes #Communicate Quotes #Bores Quotes

“But life is not a legend or a story. Reality is far more precious than a story...”
“There are worse prisons than words.”
“When you nourish your body with pure energy, you transform from the inside out.”
“At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.”

Source : "Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Talks Royalties, Social and The Future". Interview with Eliot Van Buskirk, evolver.fm. February 10, 2012.
“There are times when I get through the day by looking around the office and thinking, 'My God, aren't the natives here strange.'”
“Being a doctor, I worry that the patient may be uncomfortable about sharing something. It could be sexual dysfunction, an eating disorder, depression, domestic violence - these are serious topics many people don't want to talk about. I'll try to follow up with questions like: How are things at home? How's work? But we don't always have time to probe. Don't be afraid to bring up the important things going on in your life, even if they don't feel 'medical.' Your doctor would rather know than not know.”

Source : Source: www.oprah.com
“The Samaritan woman grasped what He said with fervor that came from an awareness of her real need. The transaction was fascinating. She has come with a buket. He sent her back with a spring of living water. She had come as a reject. He sent her back being accepted by God Himself. She came wounded. He sent her back whole. She came laden with questions. He sent her back as a source for answers. She came living a life of quiet desperation. She ran back overflowing with hope. The disciples missed it all. It was lunchtime for them.”
“I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be.”

Source : "The Films Of Rainer Werner Fassbinder: A Retrospective", www.indiewire.com. July 29, 2011.

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