Quotes About Dialogue

I would have a democratic process for people to get together and talk about the way they want the government to conduct business with China.

The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for the younger ones also in the fact that Ireland is exceptional in its ability to make theater part of the national dialogue, and it reaches to all four corners of the country.

There's a constant dialogue going back and forth between the filmmakers and the producers.

I have ideas, but those ideas could be wrong. The only way that you would change someone's mind is through dialogue, through productive discussion. If you're not going to have productive discussion, what are you going to do?

Working with coach Sweeney has really been beneficial to my career. I've never watched so much film in my life, the constant communication between he and I. He'll send me clips every day, just different things to look at, ask what I think about it and we'll communicate and have different dialogues about it.

I think if we ever encountered aliens, even communicating with them would be really, really difficult.

In all circumstances in the world - even the most difficult circumstances - we need to push for dialogue.

I believe in much more diplomacy, not less.

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.

I was a director and dialogue and acting coach.

For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

Not everyone agrees. If you disagree with me, I want you to tell me, and I'm going to come back and tell you why it's my opinion.

It's much more fun to talk to an audience that includes a lot of people who disagree with me.

An idea you disagree with has to be fought with a better idea.

If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.

It's always better to treat those with whom you disagree with compassion - if not for compassion's sake, then because it makes it much more likely that they'll actually be willing to listen to what you have to say.

If you are willing to listen and if you are willing to sit around the table, sometimes especially with the people who you think you disagree with the most, it is still really possible to get things done.

I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.

I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn't mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with.

I believe when you're communicating with any player, you're going to have some disagreements.

A lot of people are quite discouraged by the process of getting healthy because, one, they think they can't afford it, and two, it's daunting. I wanted to start a dialogue. Because you won't be able to even get there until you actually accept yourself and start connecting with yourself.