We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.
Sam Harris
Related Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN Now we have one chance in some case, as in this body but in other body we will have + one because we... DEYTH BANGER Why must we socialize, if we seek independence?
For we achieve such through others
And yet if we ret... XAVIER CLIFF We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM We have a good offer on the table, but we still have a $200-million gap between our two positions, s... JOY WARKENTIN Can I get your cell phone number so we can text like normal antisocial human beings, since we are bo... J.P. BARNABY We wanted it to be a conversation between an expert and a layman. DON WILLIAMS That's a critical part of this conversation. We understand that this is the first of two vacancies o... RICHARD DURBIN We want to foster that conversation between the parent and the teacher. They're the two experts. Thi... RICK MILLER The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God. BILLY GRAHAM We don't want to get into a shouting match with any anti-choice people because automatically, the co... NSOMBI LAMBRIGHT The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils. —... EREC STEBBINS It's the imperfections that make things beautiful JENNY HAN Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and... OSCAR WILDE Reading a book is a silent conversation between two friends. AMAN JASSAL I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish de... EHUD OLMERT Since we started this conversation,” I said, “two hundred babies have been born on this planet. ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER We talked about it and had a good conversation, BUZZ PETERSON That's a critical part of this conversation, ... We understand that this is the first of two vacanci... RICHARD DURBIN I know the IGDA describes itself as 'union neutral,' ... but I don't think enabling conversation is ... MARCUS COURTNEY My whole drive is to make sure that music is a common space where we search for beauty and share it.... ABIGAIL WASHBURN People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water co... MIKE FARRELL I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation. BRITNEY SPEARS As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks. CLIVE JAMES We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR It's very difficult, I think, especially on two cellphones, to have a romantic conversation. RAINBOW ROWELL I don't think this began as a violent confrontation between the two. I think this began as a convers... DOUG CARTER It was a private conversation between myself and another elected official, and that's the end of it.... JOE ALLEN I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they'r... W. DANIEL HILLIS Jazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions. BARBARA JANUSZKIEWICZ We?re looking for a positive message and community building. We hope that people who have never met ... JEN SCHLEGEL When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people... ELLEN G. WHITE Chamber music -- a conversation between friends. CATHERINE BOWEN Chamber music -- a conversation between friends. CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, bec... ROBERT A. M. STERN Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between ... WINONA LADUKE Vegans have a way of circling every conversation back to food, much like born-again Christians have ... WILL POTTER It becomes a three way conversation between me, the painting, and the viewer. JOAN MARRON LARUE It's a conversation I never wanted to have. DREW PERKINS I'm hoping we don't have to have another conversation like this for four or five years. COMMISSIONER NANCY ROBINSON I got smelled, ... we had a lovely conversation, and I was in. KEANU REEVES People are supposed to read it, maybe learn a little bit, maybe have a chuckle, and then have an int... HOWARD BLOOM The conversation between your fingers and someone else’s skin. This is the most important discussi... IAIN THOMAS Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation... JUDITH MARTIN Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation... MARK TWAIN We don't have a democracy. An election is supposed to involve choice. We don't have a choice. RALPH NADER A good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation. LEMONY SNICKET Why don't you and I have a nice penetrating man-to-man conversation? SANAMI MATOH The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why w... MITCH ALBOM This is a conversation I have with clients all the time. EVAN SNAPPER No, I don't. Well, I mean, she's here, she's a presence, but we haven't been able to have a conversa... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT This, I believe, is the appropriate image of human intercourse -- appropriate because it recognizes ... MICHAEL OAKESHOTT People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were. EDWARD R. MURROW Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk ... AGNES REPPLIER Conversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times because they had nobody to talk ... AGNES REPPLIER We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriag... JEFF NICHOLS The conversation we should be having is, what does Russia have from Hillary Clinton's server? PAUL MANAFORT I love the conversation between film and music. AGNES OBEL Mankind have angels and devils, this thing is called balance! DEYTH BANGER I would love to have a long and serious conversation with the Pope. And Woody Allen, whom I have nev... CHARLIE ROSE All too often, the conversation about appropriate and balanced environmental stewardship gets caught... CHRIS GIBSON You have to, that was a conversation between Mike and I, that we had to make the money work for both... DOUG MACLEAN There may have been something behind that dinner, but I just took it as a casual conversation, STEVE WAUGH Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than wh... C.S. LEWIS Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questi... JAMES NATHAN MILLER It was for a quartet and we recorded two CDs for a record label in Germany. It came up after a conve... GERALD VEASLEY I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five ... JIM BUTCHER We still have Jet Blue and the mayor is in conversation with other airlines on a monthly basis to tr... ANTHONY MANCUSO It seems odd, but they'd end every conversation with 'Have a nice day. EUGENE NELSON The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, bec... ROBERT A. M. STERN The hurricane dominated the conversation and the war is no longer on the front burner, FRANK PALLONE At some point, I would just love to sit down and have a conversation with him and say 'Bruce, what h... BILL WARGO People love having a home. People love going to their house and sleeping in their bedroom and having... DAVE MORIN I think a true conference schedule, with as good a league as we have – we lead the nation in atten... BO RYAN Don't expect to have a sane conversation with someone who is acting insanely. JIM GENOVESE We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our... ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE I read the tea leaves as if they were words left over from a conversation between t... KENNY KNIGHT The idea economy is a conversation. Try to channel or control that conversation and you will stop th... A.E. SAMAAN I was trying to talk reason, to try and have a two-way conversation. She considered an adoption but ... MATT DUBAY I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could hav... CHARLIE ROSE When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART The American's conversation is much like his courtship.. He gives an inkling and watches for a react... DONALD LLOYD He wasn't out, but he wasn't there. I had a conversation with him and it was more like a conversatio... LINDY RUFF When someone says we need to talk , what he or she usually means is you will listen . An... JAMES ANDERSON I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation ... BENNY GREEN What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform ... CARLY FIORINA Sometimes the best conversation between two people is simply being with each other ...in silence. LORRIN L. LEE I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball ... EMILY RIOS Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents. ALAN SIEGEL There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questi... JAMES NATHAN MILLER During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving. AMIT KALANTRI I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life. YOUNG JEEZY We're trying to put this issue on the map, and we want to start a conversation. CHRIS MINAKER I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation between ... BENNY GREEN It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER
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