Analyzing data from 79 men and women who wore inconspicuous devices that recorded some of their conversations over the course of four days, researchers from Washington University and the University of Arizona found a correlation between feelings of well-being and the amount of time spent talking every day. Moreover, the more substantive your conversations, the happier you're likely to be. In other words, heart-to-hearts trump small talk. (LA Times, "A lof of happy talk", March 11, 2010, A21.)

Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.

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All communication is a sign of failure. If everybody is pleased with the situation, then there is no need for communication.

We have yet to establish a permanent Mars colony for this reason: Trying to colonize Mars with humans is a known suicide mission that no one is talking about.

Isn't it weird that everything that's coming out of my mouth is going directly into the past?