If you don't have anything to say just keep quiet! Provoking a reaction isn't the same as saying something significant. Expressing ideas if you can't make them understood. You're just babling to yourself!
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Related True love is you. You cant love someone else if you dont love yourself.. Get to know yourself. NERISSA IRVING the thing is you can get used to anything you think you cant you want to die but you dont you cant y... ELIZABETH SCOTT the human mind is very powerful, people always say they CANT do something but if they believe in the... MIKE GRIST If you set yourself to it, you can live the same life, rich or poor. You can keep on with your books... GEORGE ORWELL Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN You can achieve anything if you just believe in yourself. When you believe in something can be done ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Even if you are not asked anything, you just have to speak something to make someone believe that yo... VIKRANT PARSAI You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, ... CYNTHIA WEIL Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to be one. If you have anything to say, anything you fee... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD When you're playing as a true freshman, you just got to play the next play if you make a mistake. Yo... RAY RICE You cant find outside what you dont have inside. CARL HAMMERSCHLAG you cant keep saying 'thank you' and expect to feature on the Forbes JOSEPH ANNANG SOWAH If they don't keep them maintained, they break down. Just like a car. If you don't keep it up, all o... DONALD BACHMAN If someone tells you that your not beautiful, well that just means that they are stupid and they don... CECE JACKSON Just let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if y... ANI DIFRANCO A feeling should not be just a feeling. Put your feelings into words, and say them, share them, writ... ROSA M. BETANCES If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well. MOLIERE One way to tell if you're really comfortable with a person is if you can be quiet together sometimes... PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR If you are true to yourself you will attract people that are just the same. NERISSA IRVING There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just ... VINCE GILLIGAN Anytime you don't play well, you wonder if something is wrong. But at the same time, you also have t... RON RIVERA If you make it a mission of yours to acquire lots attractive female friends that you will keep as ju... NICK KINSELLA Don't lie to yourself? SONYA.E.WILLIAMS If you have aphasia, going to the store is a nightmare. If you have to ask for something, if you hav... JOAN PETERS If you have the same ideas as everybody else but have them one week earlier than everyone else then ... BARRY JONES If his reaction to this testimony or this subject is apt to be as emotional as it just was, ... tell... JOHN KEENAN If something is bothering you, keep it to yourself. DAVID STRICKLAND Psychologists say and studies show that if you give them the bad news first, that they're HIV positi... BASHA CLOSIC YOU ARE TOLD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF, BUT I SAY LOVE THEM MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF FOR... STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR We want people to just be honest, if you like something, say you like it, if you don't like somethin... BIG KENNY If you want to make it you can't just say it. JEFFREY BENJAMIN I said. ‘It seems to me that when you take a man’s money away he’s fit for nothing from that m... GEORGE ORWELL We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not tryi... ANI DIFRANCO It's been one of those years where you just try to keep going and learn on what you need to do to ma... KYLE BUSCH If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can. KARL POPPER Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as if you have just come back from somewhere expensive ARISTOTLE ONASSIS If you cant beat them buy them KENNETH WATERS JR It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I lied," I said. ... "I know it," he said. "Then do something about it. Do anything, just ... WILLIAM FAULKNER If you feel you have chosen the wrong skill, and want to move on to something else, that's fine too.... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA You know if you would just do as I say I wouldn't have to hurt you. AMANDA STEPHAN As a scholar, you don't want to repeat yourself, ever. You're supposed to say it once, publi... DREW GILPIN FAUST Mes poumons sont remplis de l'air pur
mon esprit est ouvert et libéré, la sérénité remplit tous... JACOB MAHURIEN Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, som... J.D. SALINGER If you got something to say, you should say it or it's just gonna tear you up inside. MACGYVER But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with your... SEX AND THE CITY If you have a grub problem, doing anything now to fight them is just a waste of money. CHRIS DODSON Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If yo... YASMINA KHADRA I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-q... DAVID MACKAY If your heart doesn't judge you anything, fear neither God nor Devil therefore, Don't judge yourself... NTAMBARA SYLVESTRE OWEN BERBASON When you see yourself struggling, keep pushing. It shows you are doing something. Dont give up, you ... MLUNGISI SIMELANE It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, o... AUNG SAN SUU KYI It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try ... DAMIEN HIRST HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man? DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither cou... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW You cant be in a position where you dont know what you are going to do next. ERIC GREEN Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong ... LEAH LABELLE She didn't say anything, just a long, quiet "shhhh," as if she had learned that the troubles of the ... JENNIFER RYAN Ever feel like everything is just moving to fast,and you just dont know how to keep up NADIRA AHMED If you haven't signed anything, you cant be ripped off. DAVE SIM If you haven't learned by now that you cant trust everybody, i think its safe to say that you are th... BRIELL ADAMS If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If yo... TUPAC SHAKUR How does somebody know you love them if you keep it to yourself. SAMANTHA If you keep on saying a single thing to yourself, you are likely to attract it to yourself, dreaming... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON If you don't like the output, change the input. If things are not going the way you hoped, change ho... AKIROQ BROST Mandatory reporting is something we need to get started on as soon as possible. You can't make targe... TERRY TAMMINEN I just dont know how...to think less. If you know how, then teach me... AISHAH MADADIY If you have a theory about something, do not keep it to yourself. If you do the possibilities of it ... GARY F EVANS... If you feel your rights are being abused by the authorities, and you don't say something, someti... COREY HAWKINS What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse netwo... STEVEN JOHNSON If you receive things just as an echo of yourself, you do not really see them, you do not fully acce... SHUNRYU SUZUKI If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making i... JAMES CAMERON If you say to a woman "I really like you", it won't be as effective as saying to them "You really li... DAVID DEANGELO It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself. HENRY ROLLINS You won't change anything significant in the world if you try to be like it. Change comes when you d... SHANNON L. ALDER You dont have to live forever just live. NATALIE BABBITT If you’re a true introvert, other people are basically energy vampires. You don’t hate them; you... AMY SCHUMER If you dont stand for something you fall for everything. MALCOLM X If you make your best friend and your significant other the same person, you don't have to disco... NIECY NASH You do not need others to validate your self worth, you are single because you hold yourself high, u... AMELIA.W If you find yourself saying 'But I'm just being honest', chances are you've just been unkind. Honest... DAN WALDSCHMIDT You have to learn to make peace with yourself. If you dwell in anger all the time you will just stre... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul lev... NIKKI ROWE If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a frien... CRAIG GROESCHEL Just because I cant fly, don't think you can keep me on the ground. JOHN ALEXANDER TRISTRAM It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to b... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matt... LEMONY SNICKET So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because they're on offer to yo... BRIAN MOLKO I say if you're going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall. TOBY KEITH LAW 4 Always Say Less Than Necessary When you are trying to impress people with wo... ROBERT GREENE To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. I... ALAN COHEN Don't get yourself arrested and make your day worse! If you need to vent, just smash something that'... R. STEVENS It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might ... DAMIEN HIRST I've been yelled at plenty of times so I know how to handle it. I mainly keep quiet. You can't argue... MALIK ROSE You kind of have to make him look scary. ... If you just had a nice guy smiling with a bomb on him, ... ROB ROGERS If you keep finding yourself in the same situations, the Universe is prompting you to confront self!... SANJO JENDAYI Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge t... KATY PERRY Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridic... ORISON SWETT MARDEN The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let themdo it, and not s... J. D. SALINGER If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you jus... CLINT EASTWOOD
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