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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. – Adlai Stevenson

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[P]atriotism… is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson

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Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Adlai Stevenson

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One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. – Frank Sheed

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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact—from calling on us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it. – George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879

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Now, you indicate to me that you really see that as communication going back and forth rather than simply individual expression. But communication is assumed to be a dialogue between people, not two monologues. – Quoted in Howard Stein, A Time to Speak, 1974 [See also above quotes. —t&#

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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. – Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Discretion,” Proverbial Philosophy

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A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising. – David Ruggles

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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my fathers head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. – Alice Walker

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Im the only girl on The Food Network who grills – I have two bestselling grilling books. I try to really focus on what men and women can do outside together out on the grill. I think its really fun to have men and women out there together, having fun, working and enjoying themselves. – Sandra Lee

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As a child my familys menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. – Buddy Hackett

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