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During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk.


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OLIVER GASPIRTZ Don't like small talk, love rainy days.
MELISSA GILBERT Don't like small talk, love rainy days.
MELISSA GILBERT There are no big men and big women. There are small people with big dreams and extra larger passion!
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I'm not an ace at small talk.
PETER FALK All talk is small talk.
MARTY RUBIN Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
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ANDY STERN You are a very small man, and like other men (of small stature), you have a Napoleonic complex and a...
ALICE HAWTHORNE It's just a great feel. I love it. It's a small town that becomes really big during the three days.
ANSON FUNDERBURGH When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.
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M.E. KERR Saffron, how are you?" Logan asks and he sounds genuinely interested. How am I? Small talk, right. L.A. FIORE The best way to become good at small talk is not to talk small at all.
KEITH FERRAZZI How's things, buddy?" Trey asks after we run through a few finger-warming exercises. I realize this ...
JULIE BUXBAUM The weather is fine,' she said after a moment.
'Have we already run out of things to say?'
JULIA QUINN Only small men parade their learning, talk over their audience and air their superior knowledge. Onl...
JOHN MYER Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly.
MOHAMED ELBARADEI Small Talk.
KATHLEEN MARSHALL less small talk
and more real talk.
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CHRIS FLEMING The less men think, the more they talk.
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU The less men think, the more they talk
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals.
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WILLIAM FEATHER We had to press them because they are so darn big and their big men are so well-coached.
RICK BELL I try never to speak until people have finished with the weather reports.
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KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Texting is more direct. You don't have to use conversation filler.
SHERRY TURKLE I never really know the protocol for this kind of situation. It's like when you're in line at a stor...
BECKY ALBERTALLI الأحاديث التافهة :هى كل ما يدور بين إثنين من المحبين
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ST. JEROME They talk like angels but they live like men.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You just find a body. A big might box out a small, a small might have to box out a big.
SHAUN LIVINGSTON They steal big cars, but they burn small cars.
ALAIN BAUER Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
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REBECCA MCNUTT Teas, Where small talk dies in agonies
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DANIEL BURRUS Small gestures can have a big impact.
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PAT CONROY Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
JEWISH PROVERB The world is a small thing compared to what is big.
A.J. CHILSON You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things g...
ALVIN TOFFLER big, medium and small.
DAY ONE No one is too small for anything. You just have to think big!
KATHRYN LASKY Small truths have greater power than big lies.
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JAMES CASH PENNEY When you hit the big time, big money, big egos, people don't talk. You have no friends.
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PATRICIA GAFFNEY Talk to the big man?
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AMY WINEHOUSE In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
OSCAR WILDE I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.
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SARTHAK SINGH Every big city has its little communities, but they don't have the quaint, small-town charm,
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G. K. CHESTERTON Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
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