The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue.
There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences.
Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars people needed right away.
Mastery of anything requires enough hours to believe you know what you are talking about, and humility to know that you did not come up with it in the first place.
It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should be democratic like we are.
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
I wished I could have seen who was talking. If you have something specific and visible to fear, rather than something that could be anything, it is easier.
Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy.
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.
I only said I would stop talking to you, he'd written. I never promised to stop loving you.
It’s complicated,” I said in defense, hands going up to show surrender. “Talk slowly,” Jenna retorted derisively. “Okay, I deserved that,” I admitted.
Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.
Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.
The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go... if it's not a part of your God-given destiny.
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art.
Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people.
If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination.
Do not be surprised if I adore as God what you called humanity, since you talked of humanity as if it was empty of spirit and you think in the flesh according to the flesh.
I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.
The bullied straight kid goes home to a shoulder to cry on and support and can talk freely about his experience at school and why he's being bullied. I couldn't go home and open up to my parents.
