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Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying th

Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Basically you are like two parallel lines which never meet. Dialogue seems to be impossible. All is monologue — you are talking to yourself and the other is talking to himself. Two monologues together look like a dialogue only in appearance. – Osho, The Revolution: Talks on Kabir, 1979

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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. – Karl Popper, Unended Quest

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The man was on his knees, trying to retrieve each of his ugly words that were now scattered on the floor. But, of course, it was too late. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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

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