Lewis H. Lapham Quotes
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.
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Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.
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The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
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I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.
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I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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When we talk about communities, we seldom discuss the margins. But for every person nestled comfortably in the bosom of a community, there is someone else on the outskirts, feeling ambivalent. Ambiguous. Excluded. Unwilling or unable to come more fully into the fold.
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Only votes talk, everything else walks.
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I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.
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I love it when people travel to see one of my works, and I always make time to meet and talk with them.
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The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
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It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.
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Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.
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I don't comment on everything; I don't comment on things I don't know enough about. I feel people should talk about something only if they feel strongly about them.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.
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If you wear a suit, you can talk to anybody.
