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Making Small Talk a Big Deal
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A bore is someone who has no small talk.
Michael Korda
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Inject a few raisins of conversations into thetasteless dough of existence.
O. Henry
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The minute a man is convinced that heis interesting, he isn't.
Stephen Leacock
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There are few wild beasts more to be dreadedthan a talking man having nothing to say.
Jonathan Swift
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One of the troubles of small talk is that itusually comes in large doses.
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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
William Hazlitt
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Talk to anyone about himself and he willlisten without interrupting.
Herbert V. Prochnow
Small talk means having a little loose change in your pocket. Like quarters at a pay phone, nickels at a gum dispenser, or dollars at a toll booth, it'll

 
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