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Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.


James Wolcott

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AMERICA TALKING TO FRANCE Yes, scary. And people were telling them to 'just shut up,' and cursed at them.
ELIZABETH WATSON It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.
JO BRAND How about we call it lovingly fucking your brains out?
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CAMILLE PAGLIA We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next...
PHYLLIS DILLER When life is telling you something you don't want to hear, that's your cue to shut up and listen.
JULIE JAMESON Oh Lord, help me to keep my big mouth shut until I know what I'm talking about.
UNKNOWN How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open.
KIERAN CULKIN I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I'm just like...
ELLEN DEGENERES "I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I'm just lik...
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ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO A Ritual to Read to Each Other


If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
WILLIAM STAFFORD We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the ...
PHYLLIS DILLER Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend t...
KEN NDARU He always took guys under his wing, made sure he helped them become pros. When you walk away from ta...
SCOTT ARNIEL The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.
CHUCK NOLL I just shut (the pain) out, ... I told my body to shut up and keep going.
BEN ROGERS Don't keep all your feelings sheltered - express them. Don't EVER let life shut you up!
STEVE MARABOLI A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.
TOM STOPPARD I'm talking to myself in two different personas now. I'm reaching for a full-throttle meltdown and w...
C.K. KELLY MARTIN The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
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HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.
FELICITY KENDALL Just shut up. Just shut up. I gotta figure a way out here.
BRIAN NICHOLS It was hard to keep the kids from talking. That was my job; I kept telling them it was a secret. But...
JOSEPH MCGEE We're going to keep talking, I'm sure, and see what happens. I anticipate it will work out one way o...
BRIAN LAWTON If I don't shut up, they have a bullet to shut me up, ... I took them very seriously.
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BOBBY HYATT The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The ...
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JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ...
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JUSTINA CHEN I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't f...
EMMANUEL JAL The way is shut.
Then they halted and looked at him and saw that he lived still; but he did not...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN People thought he was a [jerk] because he'd tell them to shut up, ... Really, if you can't see then ...
JAMIE FOXX The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its...
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ALICE MUNRO Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie...
PATRICK KAVANAGH When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Iri...
PIERCE BROSNAN Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev...
A WALK TO REMEMBER It may be his way of telling the generals to stop talking about drawing down the forces.
DAVID MACK When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut
SOURCE UNKNOWN Look, who's the talking bear here?” Quentin snapped. “Is it you? Are you the talking fucking bea...
LEV GROSSMAN Nowadays, you need a good excuse to go and to start talking to someone, as they say it... "You Found...
DEYTH BANGER She means a lot to me. We've been talking before and after games. I'm sure we'll keep in touch.
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NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER Banning people on the internet is like beating them up in real life in order to shut them up.
J C A ROWE Maybe the easiest way to get the message to them is to tell the media that Brian would sure prefer t...
BRIAN BILBRAY Each week is going to be something different. Just as long as we keep stepping up to the challenge. ...
ANDRE WOOLFOLK When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are te...
HARI KUNZRU Sometimes, telling people not to cry is not the best way to comfort them.
OUSSAMA HEDHLI Shane talking to Claire -

"Hang on - Slow down. I'm not going anywhere. You know that, r...
RACHEL CAINE Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;
In my own way, and with my full consent.
Say...
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GARY F EVANS... Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T...
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KELLY MACDONALD But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep tal...
WANDA SYKES A good way to keep them happy is to give them a variety of food.
RANDY URIAN You're not going to shut them down. The only way to keep them from scoring is by having the puck. We...
SEAN BURKE Stand up to injustice, even if you stand alone
SUZY KASSEM To this day, and I'm sure a lot of widows and widowers feel this way, when I talk about (dating) and...
LISA IANNUCCI Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you've to keep your mouth shut, then keep your mouth shut, no matter what you're feeling.
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LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ...
LEBRON JAMES There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w...
LEBRON JAMES Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h...
LEBRON JAMES Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LEBRON JAMES When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
LEBRON JAMES I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
LEBRON JAMES I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
LEBRON JAMES Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it...
JAMES DENTON There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
LILY JAMES Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ...
JAMES TAYLOR I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LEBRON JAMES I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
JAMES THOMSON It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up...
JAMES ALTUCHER The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes...
JAMES MCBRIDE The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
JAMES MCBRIDE In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk...
JAMES TURRELL I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th...
THEO JAMES The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s...
JAMES LARKIN Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six...
JAMES WAN