This helps explain the ubiquity of sports in small talk, especially male small talk.
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Weirdly, I've always thought I disliked small talk but in your situation, small talk could quickly lead into that awkwardness.
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He's approached by a guy named Oscar, and after some small talk about private planes and masseuses, Axe mocks him for his reputation at being bad at small talk.
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I make small talk with my team (my biggest pet peeve is small talk, but I realize it's just one of those things you have to do) and contemplate leaving early.
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Jon Snow's reaction to Littlefinger's small talk was completely justified.
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And god, what would the awkward small talk be like?
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Fieri rarely makes small talk on set with the proprietors.
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Clearly, this goose doesn't have time for small talk. Humans.
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Perry's new single "Small Talk" is available now on amazon.com.
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Small talk during the workday largely centered around boot rot.
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He was always up for small talk, even to me.
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This is usually how my attempts at small talk go.
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We would make small talk in broken English or Hindi.
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Show some energy when you are engaged in small talk.
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People feel connected when they get past the small talk.
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I watched as he shook hands, exchanged small talk, and
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"Joe and I are so beyond small talk," he said.
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Some taxi drivers even use it just for small talk.
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It "just doesn't come up in small talk," he said.
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He stopped to make small talk with the omelet guy.
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No amount of small talk was going to change that.
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Below, a brief list of songs that "Small Talk" resembles.
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So the workouts, which are devoid of small talk, continued.
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The good news is that you can just go ahead and repurpose your anxiety about making small talk with your co-workers and worry instead about not making small talk with your co-workers. See?
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She doesn't make small talk; she doesn't talk to the crew.
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People are milling around calmly, clutching hot coffees, making small talk.
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I carried luggage, flagged taxies, and made small talk in elevators.
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I catch up and make small talk with the new interns.
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Funny thing about exes: There was no need for small talk.
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I had to stall the Pakistani guys by making small talk.
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Connections made on June 24 will be meaningful—no small talk!
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Small talk wasn't on the cards; any throwaway comment was critiqued.
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Incapable of small talk, Queen Elizabeth privately complained he was dull.
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After making small talk, the man handed the Baldwins a note.
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Small talk wheeled around the different preferred methods for killing separatists.
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After some small talk the guys admit they don't feel comfortable.
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When it comes to recruiters and interviews, small talk is necessary.
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Small talk fills these silences, but it doesn't provide real conversation.
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You know the people who say, "I don't make small talk"?
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Making small talk can be awkward — especially on a first date.
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Nanjiani's parents arrived on set and made small talk with Kher.
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You're making small talk when the elevator jars to a halt.
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The two of them engaged in small talk and some laughs.
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Small talk with interludes of silence, just staring at one another.
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In Ireland, small talk is just that — I mean, it's tiny.
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At best, you make some small talk until you go home.
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Small talk is a lot more important than most people think.
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There was some small talk and then a piercing beep interrupted.
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We made awkward small talk before the nurse ushered her away.
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He is business-oriented and not always big on small talk.
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And people chat it up at the National Small Talk Convention.
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As I passed by, we shook hands and exchanged small talk.
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It can make small talk and tells stories through Amazon Alexa.
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The small talk made in these breaks, though, was decidedly more theological.
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I will shake their hand, smile, make small talk, and move on.
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She struggles with the small talk that oils diplomatic (and cabinet) wheels.
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The White House claims the exchange was only pleasantries and small talk.
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Whichever you choose, you can consider your Halloween-party small talk covered.
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Ditch the small talk and try dishing about something you hate instead.
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There's nothing more painful than small talk when you meet someone new.
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He found it difficult to make small talk, but he was friendly.
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No matter how much you prepare, small talk can still be awkward.
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And now you have to wear real clothes and make small talk?!
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There's a little small talk, too, but it's mostly just the clapping.
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THE CROWD Fun-loving 20-somethings not too jaded for small talk.
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Small talk is important for daily life, but it doesn't connect people.
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Practice makes perfect, and I am now great at making small talk.
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Three men engaged him in small talk, but they had other interests.
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It's the small talk stamp on my ass that won't wash off.
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She tries to distract me with small talk and I let her.
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I was sympathetic, since this sounded like small talk inadvertently gone bad.
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It wasn't contrived, it wasn't small talk – it was just so easy.
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It's amazing what a handshake and some friendly small talk can do.
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Dear Miss Manners: What has happened to the art of small talk?
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She reached out, and then they made small talk about current events.
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We offer a guide to the fine art of office small talk.
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Didn't have a whole lot to say, just a little small talk.
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Richards said that the three of them "made small talk" during breakfast.
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We've had awkward small talk since we all came back to work.
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Visits were characterized by awkward hugs and small talk in hotel rooms.
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Engaging in small talk with your interviewer helps make a positive impression.
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Anyway, small talk engages the muscles and habits I have least developed.
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One question set was small talk, and the other was immediately probing.
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"Quiet Ride" Button – Sometimes you're just not in the mood for small talk.
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We exchanged small talk and numbers, but nothing ever really came of it.
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Almost within arm's reach, they waved and made small talk—all except one.
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He chats to some bosses, then makes awkward small-talk with the apprentices.
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Photo: Sam Rutherford for GizmodoAt long last, Sonos is ready for small talk.
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Depending on your environment, the awkwardness of small talk can be very different.
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Rescate blushes recounting the encounter: "He's trying to make small talk," she says.
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My Raiders starter draws some small talk from sports fans in the crowd.
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Maybe it's just someone making small talk while whipping up a creatine smoothie.
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"I was nervous, so I made small talk," Moby writes, per the excerpt.
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We tried to make small talk, but he'd respond with something completely different.
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Probably not, because why would someone ask such a nonsense small-talk question?
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There is no small talk with the Twin Peaks co-creator and director.
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"Justin was kind, politely making small talk with the staff," the manager added.
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Perhaps Kilmeade resents spontaneous small talk because it has led him into trouble.
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One of the techniques recruiters use to assess your personality is small talk.
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Being very efficient, he also underestimated the value of a little small talk.
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It's strange that small talk is seen as a way to build relationships.
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But small talk should never get in the way of a real relationship.
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For me, there are few things more torturous in life than small talk.
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The negotiation before the negotiation, their small talk hardening into chrome and steel.
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Introverts don't like small talk, for example, because they get nothing from it.
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Making meaningful small talk on a first date can get tricky and awkward.
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Scorpio is a sign that hates small talk—it wants to go deep!
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You're in the mood to flirt, but there won't be any small talk!
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Nurses in masks and coveralls trying to make small talk with ailing patients.
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Read last week's newsletter about making awkward small talk with a new baby.
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Jared could chat about 22-Down without the normal pressures of small talk.
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Hagan is a casual acquaintance with whom I've made small talk on Twitter.
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BEIJING — He held up stalks of wheat and made small talk with farmers.
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A government liaison condescends to Serena with small talk about cooking and knitting.
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The loss of a loved one can put a strain on small talk.
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"Theresa May is not good at small talk," said Ms. Prince, the biographer.
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What they say is often as trivial as the most basic small talk.
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Waking up in the night cringing at small talk, blurted inanities, perceived slights.
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As a young man, Nixon was awkward, square, hopeless at making small talk.
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Their comments, they said, were just small talk made over rounds of scotch.
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He'd even make small talk with the wait staff like a normal adult.
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They are a content generator for small talk, easing the work of communion.
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Some made small talk, while others stood silently and stared at their shoes.
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I've made a lot of pre-TV hit small talk in my day.
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But small talk is small talk, and at least in my experience, it doesn't get any less awkward when the person on the other end of the conversation isn't really a person at all, but a simulacrum of a person.
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"I told you not to ask me that," she barks about the small talk.
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You must now prepare for the smallest type of small talk in the world.
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But having to make small talk with a person while you plank and sweat?
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What happens next is weird and emotional for Issa — and me: They small talk.
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Despite the significance of the meeting, some of their discussion was distinctly small talk.
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During a break shortly before the vote, senators made small talk in the chamber.
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I observed how people shook hands, how they dressed, how they made small talk.
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She's very quick, offers little small talk (which I love), and there's minimal discomfort!
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They are engaged in cheerful-sounding small talk about their jobs, the Red Sox.
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But after making some small talk, he ended up asking for my phone number.
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Indulging during the holidays is what makes the small talk at parties worth it.
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There is a post-vacation small talk conversation that is so familiar it's cliché.
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He does the small talk, then goes straight to asking me for my number.
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It opens with Lance and Harlo making small talk, catching up on shared interests.
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We have an okay time over coffee, talking about regular random small talk topics.
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There was no small talk, and it was more about just getting things done.
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The prospect of making small talk can make people roll their eyes or shudder.
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As they waited in the lobby of a bank, they made awkward small talk.
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Needless to say I closed mine immediately — I was not there for small talk.
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Tyndall made "small talk," to try to build a rapport with her, she believes.
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And he wasn't the sort of teammate you could approach to make small talk.
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I made small talk and rebuffed some advances and kept it cute. 11:30.
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It seems like a fairly tame activity, but their small talk is anything but.
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He didn't spend long on small talk before he moved in for the kill.
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Was this stratospherically powerful man really making small talk about Chinese food and jackets?
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There's no desire for small talk after performing in front of people all day.
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I don't know how to dance, but at least I could make small talk.
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While I read aloud, I can imagine Jane Kenyon relishing her Donald's small talk.
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I grew up conditioned in excessive politeness, fitted for making small talk with strangers.
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By way of mealtime small talk, I asked people why they'd come to Antarctica.
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Then, after maybe two or three minutes of small talk, he'd make his pitch.
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With a towheaded baby in her arms, she greets customers and makes small talk.
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"Small Talk" is a cheery track about the chit-chat shared between former lovers.
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Camp allegedly began making small talk with the child in the seat next to him.
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Uncomfortable small talk with your Uber driver may soon be a thing of the past.
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The men, and Nguyen, are all at attention, ready to move quickly, no small talk.
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Use a diffuser or forego the small talk and put it right on each other.
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Since then, staying away from small talk has brought me one positive experience after another.
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Both friends and enemies describe her as a dogged worker with almost no small talk.
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The exquisite pain of making 22016 minutes of small talk with an overly talkative hairdresser?
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Bryan was the kind of guy who could make small talk with anyone he met.
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This one was empty, and I made small talk with the realtor about the weather.
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"We were making small talk and I mentioned the guy I was dating," he says.
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The officers then made small talk with Crowley, comforting her in her state of confusion.
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Click through to find out the pros' best advice — you'll never fear small talk again.
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Like a lot of introverts, I find small talk not just boring, but physically exhausting.
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Venus in Scorpio loathes small talk and instead wants the raw truth; to get deep.
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On the way to the airport, we make small talk to break the awkward silence.
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In another, from the author Jonny Sun, the narrator and the agent make small talk.
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Amy Julia Becker is the author of A Good and Perfect Gift and Small Talk.
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In doing so, you invite them to make small talk with you down the road.
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You can get all of the benefits of having company, without the awkward small talk.
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After a minute or two of small talk, it's time to get into the pitch.
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" I was told visitors do not pay to "exchange news and indulge in small talk.
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It's crucial to any relationship, which is why I prefer deep conversations over small talk.
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As an introvert, I used to wear my "I hate small talk" badge with honor.
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Now and then the boxer would rouse long enough for a snatch of small talk.
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I mentioned that to Don mainly as a means of creating some idle small talk.
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They exchanged smiles, fumbled for polite small talk and took themselves onto the dance floor.
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"It was the longest few minutes of awkward small talk in my life," he said.
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Santa gets everyone to sit on his knee, kisses them and makes inappropriate small talk.
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But their conversations, which some might have dismissed as small talk, had acquired deep meaning.
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Couples at the tables enjoy small talk as some sip from small plastic water bottles.
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According to NBC News' Lester Holt, she said the conversation mostly consisted of small talk.
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My stylist cuts my hair, with no small talk as per instructions from the receptionist.
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I have used the method, and used it as a small talk device, ever since.
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"Yes; quite," said my guest, in the clear, unmistakable voice of a small-talk detester.
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Between the preparations and small talk with C., it's all of a sudden 45:6.
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Majid Jordan's videos for "Small Talk" and "Body Talk" are also replete with bisexual lighting.
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For all its ubiquity, small talk hasn't come in for a ton of academic study.
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Over the years, I've used my position as a writer to investigate this question, coming up with scientific studies that both validate my dislike of small talk (more substantive conversations make people happier) and contradict my opinion (small talk, apparently, is important for social bonding).
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Meyerhoff says engaging in small talk is not something to avoid but something to learn from.
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Now with the arrival of Uber, a whole new world of small talk has opened up.
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I also just don't feel like making awkward small talk, so we "plan" for another day.
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According to Joe, the women "weren't very nice" (meaning they had no interest in small talk).
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Small talk about the current events of 2016 led to talk about each other's life history.
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That might mean forgoing the traditional networking dance, engaging in small talk before exchanging business cards.
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Most of the time, the Maguires weren't making small talk with celebrities — though that did happen.
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I smiled at him warmly and attempted small talk to keep the awkward silences at bay.
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It's so draining making small talk with the wives, who are much older than I am.
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I inhaled, smiled, and prepared to make small talk with one of the Coolest Women Alive.
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It dawns on him: He'll never need to generate small talk around this particular sadistic monster.
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Unable to make small talk in Chinese, Scheuch said he often felt shut out of decisions.
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Small talk can be awkward for social introverts, yet some strategies can help break the ice.
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Goodman would made small talk before sending more suggestive or explicit messages, according to the screenshots.
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I know that small talk is important to build relationships, but it's something I hate doing.
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So what can I — and all my fellow small talk haters — do to escape vapid chitchat?
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Small talk and conversation starters can be great ways to open the door to bigger conversations.
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Therefore, they regularly connect with people to share their substance (as opposed to superficial small talk).
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You're feeling each other out with chit chat, engaging in the necessary pre-date small talk.
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Like you're out in the fire escape catching a break from small talk for a minute.
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To really master small talk, learn to become fascinated by it and the person wielding it.
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They smile and exchange small talk, initially moving in the cavernous entryway like plotted geometric points.
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Comfort is devoid of awkward silences and small talk, instead welcoming you in like a blanket.
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Elevators are a breeding ground for awkwardness among people who feel compelled to make small talk.
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And, particularly, how people block the view of mortality with small talk and its physical equivalents.
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Then our small talk turned to whether our fellow Americans on the mainland cared about us.
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When all small talk leads to rehashing our fears, sometimes you don't have anything to say.
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Can we create a set of baseline rules that separates problem gossip from acceptable small talk?
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But skipping the small talk and asking their opinion or recommendation can get the ball rolling.
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He quails at the thought of having to make small talk with a pizza delivery guy.
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For the next 60 seconds, as the photographers clicked away, Mr. Trump made happy small talk.
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Some other students and I started to introduce ourselves to one another and make small talk.
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Malinowski was wrong — small talk is not just important for those seeking companionship (or avoiding silence).
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Instead, they small talk about his plans to be a dad, which he sounds very unenthused about.
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Nor do all of us hate talking to people, though many of us might hate small talk.
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You get to show neatly manicured moments without the burden of life's small talk and unflattering angles.
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The small talk turns into the group heading across the street for a quick beer and pizza.
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After a few more lukewarm bottles and small talk, it was time for the big man himself.
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So a lot of our time, initially, was spent BSing and making small talk about the convention.
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How do you make friends if you never have a random reason to engage in small talk?
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At that point, Steve Jobs came out of the house and made small talk with the group.
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Since socializing and making small talk feels like an extension of her job, she'll often opt out.
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I made small talk with the cashier at Whole Foods, who I discovered is also a writer.
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Said he built houses for a living, and that was about all the small talk between us.
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Their charged small talk and innuendos led us to believe they were swingers, and we were flattered.
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Going off the deep end with Lennon is probably easier than making small talk about the weather.
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He'd stop to say hello and make small talk with people on the rugged streets he patrolled.
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Putin, at Russia's helm for almost 17 years, doesn't do small talk and he's a tough negotiator.
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You exchange small talk and sexy photos for a couple days before asking him on a date.
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Sometimes I just want to make small talk and leave without feeling like an object on display.
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After a few minutes of small talk, I ask her what her first impression of me is.
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Read on to make small talk less a burden and more an experience that's actually (gasp!) enjoyable.
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But, today, I made small talk with the receptionist, who also shampooed my hair, and my stylist.
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Making small talk on a first date can get awkward — especially if you ask the wrong questions.
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The judge and Rodolfo made small talk about kindergarten through an interpreter before his case was continued.
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"There wasn&apost a lot of wasted time on small talk," Hoffman said about Haspel&aposs demeanor.
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I show up and make small talk with the other comics as they're waiting to go on.
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Personally, I'm horrible at small talk, and witty people make me break out in a muck sweat.
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One strategy is to restrict water cooler small talk to weather, sports, entertainment, music and so on.
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D, his partner, and I popped open our cans of sugary coffee and made more small talk.
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After making small talk with the congressman, she asked him to pose with her for a selfie.
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Paolo Maldini, Italy's greatest defender, and Andrea Pirlo, a World Cup winner in 21, exchanged small talk.
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The older white man covered the routine small-talk bases—the exchange of names, job titles, etc.
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I defaulted to the kind of small-talk schlock that generally flops with bus drivers and baristas.
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Though "Dress" is more downtempo, the pauses and airy negative space on "Small Talk" feel awfully familiar.
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Also, despite recent advances in technology, small talk remains an unavoidable part of many basic life tasks.
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Small talk falls on the other end of the continuum; it is speech that prioritizes social function.
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During polite small talk over drinks, I complimented a colleague's nail color — a nice pastel for spring.
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Small Talk, my favorite game that appeared at last month's Game Developers Conference, is one of those few.
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Like: I hate small talk—"How was your day?" or "What did you do today?" is violent communication!
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Still, as unbalanced as the conflict is, it's beautifully rendered, all seething dislike beneath polite, desperate small talk.
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Roberts had arrived with an entourage of district officials and he didn't waste any time with small talk.
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"I would at least make a little small talk with the other passengers," she said in an email.
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However, it was almost inspiring to watch the host's robotic-like small talk break down in real time.
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Too into me—he would keep texting me small talk even though we lived in different time zones.
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So far, she's answered everything, from how to make small talk to how you can combat negativity online.
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There was also lighter small talk among the men, such as conversations about holidays in Sicily and Sardinia.
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This fact doesn't let Ford off the hook for peddling hauntingly creepy small talk to get a conviction.
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After some small talk, I asked him why he wanted to get into that hacker forum so badly.
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Now you're here holding a glass of Chardonnay while coworkers and potential business connections make pleasant small talk.
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We make small talk for what seems like ages before I ask, offhandedly, if everything looks all right.
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Until then, I advise everyone to come prepared with some extra small talk to share with the barista.
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He showed her how to pose across a chaise longue, and made small talk about her summer plans.
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A lot scares me in life, but nothing scared me quite like having small talk with a stranger.
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No one wanted to talk about death, but small talk about the weather was too much to bear.
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There was something potentially terrifying about forced small talk with strangers and a lack of health-department oversight.
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I asked her what she was doing in Ibiza, to make small talk, and she said, 'Reppin, innit'.
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After a couple minutes of small talk, hugs and photos, Ms. Pinto thanked Ms. Gillibrand for her visit.
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We are social animals," he continued, who have become "disengaged and have lost the art of small talk.
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So I resorted to the tried-and-true small talk of travelers: Was this trip business or pleasure?
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Interaction is limited to waves and gestures, some pleasantries with shipping clerks, small talk at the truck stop.
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While the leaders haggled, other senators ambled around the Senate floor engaging in small talk and awaiting word.
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The menu gets right to the point, no small talk: The main courses fall under the heading Plates.
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We make some small talk at first, then listen to the radio for the rest of the ride.
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After a few minutes of small talk, we discuss his company at length and I'm excited to apply.
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Blatt, who has thinning hair and a goatee, made small talk with the bartender and the cocktail waitress.
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" After a handshake and some small talk about workout routines, Mr. Anton left, saying, "I hope ya run.
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"Small talk drained her," she writes of Ester, and you sense that the same is true of Andersson.
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They moved from table to table every 20 minutes, exchanging small talk and getting to know each other.
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It's not just that you come in, get your hair cut, have some small talk, and then leave.
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Impatient, impotent, and in turmoil, we all bicker with pointless small talk, leading to an omnipresent existential angst.
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Joel Embiid, the star center of the Philadelphia 633ers, making small talk with the governor of North Carolina.
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These range from mundane tasks and actions like crossing the street to how to engage in small talk.
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A nation of office workers plunged into the deeply worrying, deeply troubling world of small talk and silence.
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The problem, of course, is that small talk precedes big talk in the normal course of human affairs.
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Also, research shows that more frequent small talk, even among those who identify as introverts, makes people happier.
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Think of the different varieties of small talk between doctor and patient, vendor and customer, employer and employee.
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Venus in Scorpio doesn't settle for small talk over coffee; Venus in Scorpio craves connection on every level.
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Despite the constant evolution of our social expectations, one thing that hasn't changed is the awkwardness of small talk.
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Even better, Notaro just taught us the perfect fix for any awkwardness during small talk: Just make 'em laugh.
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They tried to make small talk and told their driver they were going to be watching a football game.
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So, with the handshakes and small talk now behind them, this could be where the rubber hits the road.
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Having Pony there eased her anxiety about leaving Jim alone, and the virtual dog's small talk lightened the mood.
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Like many couples in the series, Fig and Caputo's origin story doesn't make for cute double date small talk.
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With this in mind, I decided to approach my re-entry to dating with a no-small-talk policy.
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Why can't we replace small talk with big talk and ask each other profound questions right from the start?
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I'd argue, however, that you can elevate any question from small talk to big talk with a little tweaking.
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There's already data pouring into Amazon that people are turning to Alexa for company and chat and small talk.
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Levy said they were making small talk about the holidays when he asked Hal if he was flying home.
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Really, it is just small talk, but the hard part is that now he wants to meet my kids.
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There's some small talk, then Goodrich motions with his hands to Peter, as if to say you're forgetting something.
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I take it for shyness at first, but then realize it's simply a lack of interest in small talk.
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The whole time I'm being friendly and making small talk, like someone in my position is supposed to do.
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We stood at a high, rickety cocktail table and made small talk about our shared origins in New Jersey.
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Most designers regularly receive frantic emails in a demanding tone asking for designs—no common courtesies or small talk.
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Those long compatibility tests can be exhausting, and sometimes you just wanna skip the small talk and have sex.
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The Switch was the perfect thing to turn to after hours of catch-up, small-talk, and holiday traditions.
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He had passed the gate for three years, meeting Mateen several times a week and exchanging friendly small talk.
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Outside, the guys serving the wine who sponsored the event make small talk about how gorgeous the venue is.
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When laypeople meet dancers, it's not uncommon for small talk to turn into an unpleasant inquisition about food intake.
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Calling on senator after senator in their offices, Judge Garland has filled the minutes with smiles and small talk.
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You want to get past the awkward "small talk" and figure out whether the two of you are compatible.
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A 2014 study found people who made small talk with their barista left happier than those who stayed silent.
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He could read bits of a newspaper; he could make small talk; he had learned probably a thousand words.
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According to Brown, he was making small-talk with Garmback while a co-worker was taking his coffee order.
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Smith, who seemed to have an infinite capacity for small talk, stood in the rain and chatted with him.
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Small talk was so foreign to him and, as a result, he wasn't cut out to be a stylist.
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Probably not, but at least they won't be talking about oversized penises, like this week's small-talk offenders did.
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Okay, enough small talk because it's a holiday weekend and I'm still hungover from Moscow Mules because I'm fancy.
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As we seek synergies and swoon over small talk, relationships can move a little too swiftly to be trusted.
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A recent Workologist column invited readers to share personal rules for separating harmless small talk from potentially troublesome gossip.
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The handshake happened as the attending world leaders made small talk while waiting for the summit to kick off.
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Small talk was made and pleasantries exchanged, but I couldn't help noticing that there was not much eye contact.
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And we've taken a look at things they helped destroy or diminish, including paper maps, small talk and humility.
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The "Small Talk" music video is not the first time that Nugget stole the show from her famous mom.
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There have been no humorous relationship-developing moments, like when Data learned small talk or Spock picks up cursing.
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But I'm still in favor of basic civility — and small talk about vacation plans struck me as thoroughly innocuous.
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In public Mr. Roth, tall and good-looking, was gracious and charming but with little use for small talk.
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I immediately fired up a conversation of pleasant small talk with the attendee who I would later cuddle with.
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After the usual small talk about chilly weather and the day's football matchups, discussions will inevitably shift to politics.
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So she made small talk with the woman, and Ann seemed to try to do her best as well.
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He said they opened with small talk about Mr. Sessions's visit to Russia with a church group in 1991.
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Small talk can be annoying, but do you really want to have Big Talk with some of these people?
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Mr. Flynn originally told Mr. Pence and others that the call was limited to small talk and holiday pleasantries.
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This guide will teach you how to make seamless, beautiful small talk that leads to important conversations and connections.
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The majority leader, sentimental as a scythe and not one for small talk, decided it was up to him.
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She's spent the last five years shaking hands, smiling for the camera and making small talk with dowdy diplomats.
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This also lets Uber compensate drivers better if they're willing to forgo the small talk or crank the air conditioning.
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But for a certain group of people — namely, introverts and the small talk-averse — it might become the new normal.
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" Here are their top tips: Small talk is small because it's the first stepping stone to getting into "heavy talk.
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And there was just the noise of the fax machine while I was trying to make small talk with her.
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The two manage to make enough cringe-worthy insightful small-talk for Colton to feel comfortable giving her the rose.
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It also noted that Trump softly tapped Kim on the shoulder and seemed to engage in small talk with him.
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Tell us in the comments, then read the related Op-Ed to learn more about the quirks of small talk.
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Don't try to delight your date with the giggly, light flirting that others like—Scorpios are bored by small talk.
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Ines, loath to be embarrassed yet again, is forced to play along, reluctantly making small talk with her "new" acquaintance.
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They argued that some are not comfortable jumping directly into big talk, reasoning that certain people find small talk relaxing.
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She laughed when I explained my theory on big talk versus small talk and agreed to be the guinea pig.
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I remembered the dusty hitchhiker in Costa Rica, the dates and the meaningful connections I'd made by escaping small talk.
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Making small talk with someone you'd rather pretend doesn't exist won't kill you, and it could make your partner happy.
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The ultrasound technician was upbeat and cheerful, and we made small talk as she squirted the gel on my belly.
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When walking from the tee to the sand trap, she made small talk with Woodland and Kuchar about the crowd.
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Through limiting small talk, the company aims to provide a more comfortable ride to passengers, according to Miyako Taxi's statement.
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But Stella's Asperger's Syndrome, and the accompanying discomfort with touch and small talk, makes sex and dating difficult for her.
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That being said, I also feel like there is something special about those of us who cannot tolerate small talk.
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There's bound to be something that will spark small talk and help lead the conversation into unique follow-up questions.
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If they are actively practicing, the odds they would make any kind of small talk with a minority are slim.
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As Mercury enters Scorpio at 8:41 PM, none of us will be satisfied with small talk—we want depth!
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In line at the espresso machine, they smiled politely and made small talk until the machine flashed an error message.
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For now, take a look at what students had to say this week about Facebook, small talk and being alone.
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No More Small Talk Jon and Sansa continue on their quest to gather enough troops to take down the Boltons.
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After making small talk with one of the men, Lozman asks them to deliver a message to the speedboat's owner.
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GIFs immediately lighten up the tone of a conversation and are a great way to push past the small talk.
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Studies show that an overwhelming majority of jobs are found through networking, and small talk is where it all begins.
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Virgos were your friends who loved small talk with teachers and became instant friends with every girl at the party.
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Parents became aware of how often they are asked the gender of their children as a kind of small talk.
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Still others chose to limit conversations with a family member to superficial small talk or reduce the amount of contact.
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The guy and I made small talk, but after a half-hour, he started to get sweaty and wild-eyed.
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Small talk is made and decorum is observed, until Beatriz figures out who Doug is and decides to confront him.
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In the first, which takes place in the morning, the men are tentative, unsure of how to conduct small talk.
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Spark small talk with strangers and acquaintances—these are happiness-promoting, low-stakes opportunities to feel connected to your community.
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It might sound trivial, but research shows that starting meetings with just five minutes of small talk gets better results.
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Many trust builders, such as small talk, can seem a waste of time to people who don't understand their purpose.
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If you read a résumé, the interview is nothing but a business small-talk session confirming stuff you just read.
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He found himself standing off to the side of the rec center, he said, making small talk with other dads.
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Expressing affection and joking around ranked high on that scale, but so did a surprisingly important social interaction: small talk.
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The office: AN ANALYSIS We regret to inform you that you need to make small talk with your co-workers.
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I'll leave you with a warning: There are very few ways to have successful small talk in the office bathroom.
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Very quickly, though, those elevator rides can result in small talk disaster — as our elevator system is very, very slow.
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But what counts as kindness to Arthur is a few words of small talk in an elevator and a smile.
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Critic's Notebook MIAMI BEACH — Even the small talk was more solemn at this year's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach.
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So, rather than building a therapeutic bond through small talk or discussion of her symptoms, we spoke of her confinement.
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They are where people meet future business and romantic partners and friends, where small talk becomes the stuff of life.
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Very quickly, though, those elevator rides can result in small talk disaster — as our elevator system is very, very slow.
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BEIJING — He cooked dumplings with families, made small talk with delivery workers and tried out riot gear with the police.
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The two men, who seem to have only each other, bristle at having to engage in small talk with anyone.
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All of the volunteers are engaging in small talk with one another, except for those with the Trump campaign. Typical.
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Small talk — particularly in its purest form, phatic communion — is a context in which language has an almost ritualistic quality.
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After some small talk, Andre and the girl hit it off, even finding out they'd lived in the same place.
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Deep talk will beat out small talk, and bonus points will go to whoever can communicate with you via ESP.
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We arrive at a festive bar, order a few rounds of drinks, and engage in the customary first-date small talk.
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Homos at my gym with whom I'd exchanged little more than small talk stepped forward to say hello and offer support.
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Social Gemini energy can be like a healing salve — even if it comes in the form of seemingly superficial small talk.
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The holidays are fun — until parties and shopping and making small talk with distant relatives starts taking up all our time.
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The drive is longer than an hour, and because we're tired, the small talk subsides and it's silent in the car.
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With remnants (like blood) of the Chang murder still visible and small talk boundaries crossed, Ally and Ivy decide to leave.
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Vinny openly stares at Abby for most of her shift, making idle small talk as an excuse to talk to her.
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After some initial small talk, I learned he was from Manitoba, Canada, in his early-30s, and of Eastern European descent.
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Pete, 25, 2 miles away: Everyone has seen your three-messages-of-small-talk-then-a-blunt-request-for-nudes chat.
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As you relax into the salon chair and begin to make small talk, you'll feel your anxiety peak a little bit.
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Unluckily, for the most part, the films only pass the test thanks to a couple of sentences had during small talk.
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It's not that I'm not happy to talk about it; it's just that it doesn't lend itself easily to small talk.
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Last week, a bookstore cashier made small talk with me and asked me what I write about as I checked out.
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When Zak goes to visit him, he awkwardly drops a "Godfather" reference into the small talk and then has to backtrack.
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As Gulbis walked off the course, she signed autographs, posed for photos and engaged in small talk with anyone who approached.
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Small talk enables me to make comments and experience enjoyment that I would not be able to receive from meaningful conversations.
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Being "connected" with the person I am talking to makes it so that I don't have to make uncomfortable small talk.
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Many people hate making forced small talk, because it usually devolves into meaningless chitchat about things like sports and the weather.
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She doesn't like making small talk with strangers and shies away from social gatherings, preferring to spend time on her own.
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The small talk was a prelude to hooking up, and there were no expectations even of a text the next day.
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Whether I spoke to a stranger or a friend, the exchange flowed freely so long as I stuck to small talk.
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Intimate information will be exchanged—again, you fucking hate small talk, Scorpio, but there will be none of that this month!
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The "Finnish Nightmares" comic series documents the social challenges faced by Matti, a mild-mannered stick figure who abhors small talk.
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They hopped in the car and started making small talk with the other passengers: a mother and her sixth-grade daughter.
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To taciturn writers for whom small talk is a kind of torture, it was, I think, a convenient alibi for company.
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A new couple introduces themselves and we make small talk over glasses of wine while I wait for the inevitable question.
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You might get to know the proprietor a little bit, make small talk, maybe even stash an extra house key there.
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The "Small Talk" singer appeared on "Ellen" Wednesday to perform the single and sounded mature while talking about her former rival.
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When I hopped into a cab in Barcelona last year, my taxi driver began asking me questions—you know, small talk.
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Later, I learned to make clients more comfortable with small talk earlier in the session, but there was a learning curve.
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It's not people in general, or social situations in general, but specifically one-on-one small talk that is the issue.
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I made small talk with a few, one of whom told me she was always first in line for an Otep show.
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He said she became upset when he tried to initiate small talk and grew angrier after she asked him to change directions.
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Police said that upon being arrested, Herring laughed and made small talk with police, the Burlington Free Press reported back in 2015.
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Platt said Warner became upset when he tried to initiate small talk and grew angrier after she asked him to change directions.
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Perry dropped her newest single, "Small Talk," on Thursday night, and Swift's new album, Lover, is set for release on Aug. 23.
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I have got a novel to finish As you'd expect, it's still not perfect small talk, but it is at least consistent.
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"So hot out tonight," my mom might say, trying to lighten the mood with a little inoffensive small talk about the weather.
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Tom, the fake boyfriend you made up during small talk at the last wedding you went to doesn't need a damn thing.
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After small talk with staffs present, the aide added, Clinton met with McCartney and his wife Nancy for about 30 minutes privately.
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Among other compelling reasons, he notes that calls require small talk and can hamper productivity (two major pet peeves many people share!).
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Or, to put it another way, I exclusively roll with people I'm past the stage of needing to make small talk with.
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Small talk won't fly today, and some very deep conversations—especially about Venusian themes like money, beauty, or love—will take place.
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Last year, in addition to picking up Money & Violence, Tidal also landed a half-hour stand-up series called No Small Talk.
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This week, Amazon unveiled Amazon Go, a new kind of grocery shopping experience that requires no barcode scanning, cash, or small-talk.
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The Premier League season kicked off this month, meaning small talk with your football-loving colleagues just became a whole lot easier.
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There are folks who go on without any intention of meeting anyone, just to get validation and maybe small talk and sexts.
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And the second project lets you create some small talk interactions to create the illusion that you're talking with a real person.
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We talk a little about Tirzah's album Devotion and he peers at me curiously, asking where I'm from and making small talk.
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Once the inmates leave, the pair start mocking their superficial small talk, pretending to be uppity white women named McKenzie and Amanda.
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I've made friends from doing this; a smile led to small talk about the weather, which then led to more genuine conversations.
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We all stand in a circle making small talk, and James asks another member of the group where her accent is from.
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You don't do small talk and everyone is either your best friend or enemy...try to break that pattern this Virgo season.
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Wisconsinites tend to smile a little more at strangers, make small talk in elevators and chat about the weather to fill silences.
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Now, as for sharing your feelings with adults, I trust you to know the difference between a real conversation and small talk.
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So she joined OurTime, a matchmaking site for people over 50, and forced herself to go on dates and make small talk.
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The guy had a box of doughnuts in the back and I told him I would move them and started small talk.
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The complaint says that when she met Kelly, the two made small talk before he gave her $200 to dance for him.
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Another sticks her hand out blithely, and we make small talk about whether people are freaking out too much or not enough.
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As I checked into a hotel, I made small talk with the bellman, Aaron Thames, an African-American in his early forties.
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As they ate, the president and Mr. Comey made small talk about the election and the crowd sizes at Mr. Trump's rallies.
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None of these things make for very nice small talk, especially around the holidays when pesky relatives start to ask uncomfortable questions.
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We made small talk, looked over and around the heads in front of us to find our boys, shy and awkward, onstage.
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He makes small talk at a blue-and-gold macaw named Lola and anyone else in earshot, including the garage's resident mutt.
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After some small talk about their families, Alaska asks Mr. Hyde about his family and if he's ever been in love before.
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Kimberly Phillips, 2018 Delaware state titleholder, said Marmel approached her while she was sitting with another contestant and started making small talk.
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It's small things: like when people come to meetings, they're welcomed into the room — not judged — and they're engaged in small talk.
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Inside the ballroom, Mr. de Blasio worked the Progress Iowa crowd, both before and after his speech, with handshakes and small talk.
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So it would be nice to be better at small talk, or at least to understand why I'm so horrible at it.
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More often than not, I find myself searching for something interesting on a blank wall rather than making small talk with a strangers.
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Enamored by her personality after a bit of small talk, he offered her a small role in his 1987 film Law of Desire.
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That's why, in 2017, we're closer than ever to being chauffeured around by machines, perfect drivers who won't bother us with small talk.
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That does not necessarily include, using Trump's hypothetical, who Emmanuel Macron says he thinks is doing better in the polls during small talk.
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Later on, Ripa shared a video featuring the married couple of 22 years, where they made awkward small talk to create sexual tension.
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For one, it gets us past the small talk of sports and weather, and helps us open up about stuff that actually matters.
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Merkel used small talk to neutralize the Kremlin strongman, and then later imposed economic sanctions on Russia that the country could ill afford.
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They make awkward small talk and she feels isolated when she's seated at the head of the table alone, opposite the happy couple.
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I love her for making sweet-tempered small talk and, in doing so, taking me out of my own swirling, keeling, pregnant brain.
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In the hours following, journalist Alice Workman posted a Vine of Shorten engaging in some small talk with a customer at a supermarket.
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Scorpio's energy is about cutting through small talk and getting real about serious shit, so expect to have intense conversations with your partners.
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We kept exchanging looks all night but he never approached me further than small talk and I was too shy to approach him.
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In those emails, she finds a bit of the old Willa and Hesper – the sparkling small talk of people falling in in love.
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It's more entertaining to do a meet-and-greet when you're playing Mario Kart against some kids versus trying to make small talk.
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After all, the two had been exchanging in awkward small talk earlier in the evening — filled with not-so-subtle digs by Vanderpump.
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Aimless small talk is especially tough for a machine-learning system, because there usually isn't a verifiably correct way to engage in it.
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In many ways, we have lost the ability to make small talk or to say anything other than exactly what's on our minds.
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It's 2pm on an SF day so perfect that I'm actually a little tired of small talk about how nice the weather is.
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This is where small talk goes to the next level, as you segue from talking about something small to the issue at hand.
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Instead, she made small talk with the court officers and the assistant district attorney (ADA), as if they're all on the same side.
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Prince Harry was careful to follow several steps behind, making small talk with guests and watching proudly as his wife took center stage.
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I've felt my introversion holding me back, especially when it comes to speaking up in meetings and making small talk with large groups.
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These are big questions, but Pisces, Venus in Scorpio isn't interested in small talk—it wants answers and it wants to get deep!
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He walked toward his bags near the front entrance of the station and encountered Trooper Dermyer, who may have made some small talk.
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Although I appreciate deep conversations, small talk is useful when getting to know someone or talking to someone you don't know that well.
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Small talk is surface level, the conversation won't be important to you tomorrow, let alone in a month or a year from now.
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What I initially took as small talk, I quickly realize, is also a calculated way to get feedback for improving his YouTube offerings.
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"He's adorable," she said, but offered no other small talk, swiveling the fan between him and me all the way to Bleecker Street.
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Boris Johnson tries and fails to engage Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in small talk as they walk to watch the Queen's Speech.
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She added that many of her clients complain about wanting to skip the "small talk" and instead have meaningful conversations on first dates.
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Small talk will not appeal to you; in fact, you're probably not going to be in the mood to talk much at all.
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Sitting down to play a board game means that a clear line of interaction is established, with little need for awkward small talk.
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I'm desperate to ask Huxley whether the orgasm note exists, but first we make polite small talk about his forthcoming documentary about elephants.
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Scorpio isn't satisfied with small talk—it wants to get deep and dirty, which is exactly how you will feel at this time.
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Riddle makes small talk with fans and hawks t-shirts—$20 each, 20 or 30 of them on a good day, he says.
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But emotionally she seems pretty delighted to be living in America, with all the upbeat moms and spirited toddlers and oversharing small talk.
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This isn't inner-city Tinder, though—awkward dates, casual sex and painful small talk—this is Björk Tinder, an emotional openness with everything.
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There's nothing like some Thanksgiving historical anecdotes to keep the kids engaged or fill the gap of small talk with other dinner guests.
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Before Friday, old men had often lingered in the garden, thumbing their prayer beads or making small talk before entering the worship hall.
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Adam is working on his small talk to help him relate better to his peers, though, he clearly has a way with dogs.
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The day after Kaitlan Collins and Hunter Walker's Twitter feud, they sat near the back of the briefing room, making genial small talk.
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After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.
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Charles Winstead, a 76-year-old Republican, said Mr. Bloomberg had made small talk with him about his University of North Carolina sweatshirt.
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Distractions were assumed to be external threats, random and dumb and always nagging at us: device notifications, blaring advertisements, pointless meetings, small talk.
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I joined my parents for our usual coffee-and-small-talk ritual as though I didn't have a guy hiding in my room.
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He and I made small talk as we rode along in his car, which is registered to him and used for Uber fares.
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I usually don't have the patience for small talk, and I don't really have any time for hookups let alone a committed relationship.
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No small talk between them ... it was more of a stick and move situation, since he took a ton of other pics with patrons.
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Writing for The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal suggests that small talk — either during phone calls or conversations on the street — has an intangible social value.
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Frank and Amy spend their first date, which will expire in just 12 hours, nervously making small talk, which turns into shit talk, literally.
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Anyone whose ever stood at a urinal will know that it's the absolute last place you want to make small-talk with a stranger.
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Debbie remains friendly, introduces herself and makes small talk, but when she turns around to walk back to her car, the tears start flowing.
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Instead, you should be looking over your résumé, making polite small talk with the receptionist, or just quietly watching other people come and go.
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It also forced me out of my comfort zone and also gave me better small-talk skills, something at which I used to fail.
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If you want to skip the small talk and get straight to the deals, check out these deal pages: Find all Men's deals here.
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Unlikely. Perhaps they arrive for work in the evening, small talk as the studio changes hands, settling into a chair and slipping headphones on.
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Chances are if it's actually "small" talk I'm not going to know what to say other than your generic weather and school questions/answers.
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Recently onblog Cup of Jo,I came across a great small talk-busting question that is effective, versatile, and all of four words long.
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Lastly, I made a point to make small talk with my dental hygienist, although it's no easy feat for even the most outgoing folks.
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We ended up engaging in small talk, and I found out that they were tourists from Bari, a seaside city in Italy's Puglia region.
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I find parties uncomfortable: I have trouble making small talk, and after I've been surrounded by people for too long, I need time alone.
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He spends his first 18 unwisely, pretending everything is fine, making small talk, not quite mustering the courage to say what's on his mind.
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We make small talk about what they're going to do in London, and then A.'s friend starts recounting their fraternity days in college.
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After an awkward game of musical chairs, I ended up seated next to the host's adorable parents, whose small-talk skills were downright amazing.
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Even if you're a social butterfly, gatherings like these are a breeding ground for small talk in which you may not care to engage.
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Fed up with awkward small talk and impersonal interactions at bars, some gay men in New York are looking for alternative ways to connect.
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At 51A, the answer to "Small talk" is CHITTER CHATTER, which you, smart solver that you are, have already written in as CHI/ATTER.
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They arrived, greeted by Miss Richardson and a man who worked there, and she waited for her opportunity while the group made small talk.
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When in doubt, stick to the smallest of small talk, like how you managed to get from your home to your boyfriend's grandparents' house.
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Over small talk in bars and at house parties, it felt both irksome and strange to admit: no, I didn't know how to surf.
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Now it just makes me feel like a jerk for having upset some poor person who was trying to make small talk over hummus.
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In docs, she says they had small talk and then Kelly gave her $200 to dance ... and then helped her out of her clothing.
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One file also contains around 790,000 private messages sent between users, which deal with everything from religious discussion and small talk to marriage proposals.
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Yes, retail therapy may sound appealing after a feast and awkward small talk (that inevitably turns political, and especially more so this year, we're predicting).
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Well, Rodriguez said the technology even understands rudimentary small talk — if you mention a child's soccer game, Kylie will ask about the game later on.
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Bacon Scourby said that after a few minutes of small talk in his room, Piven pinned her down, exposed his genitals, and masturbated on her.
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"This kind of interaction will lead to a very different direction (an actual date!) than spending time with small talk in chat purgatory," she adds.
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As we sailed through the city streets making small talk, I complained about my sore feet, and he offered to give me a foot massage.
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One man makes small talk with O'Rourke's communications director, Chris Evans, who's filming the entire thing — as he does every town hall — for Facebook Live.
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Everything from "Vitamin A can kill a fetus" to "You've got to choose a name with significance" seems to be safe territory for small talk.
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Rather than sitting at the wheel or making small talk with a driver, travellers could hop onboard and power up their laptops to do work.
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He's doing what we've all done before when we run into someone we really don't want to make small talk with: chilling on his phone.
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He opened the door and attempted to distract us with small talk while a blond head sprinted into the bedroom, shutting the door behind her.
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But the key to making the most out of small talk, according to Harvard researchers, is to simply ask the other person follow-up questions.
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Here are seven tactics to having a meaningful conversation: When was the last time you were in a meeting that didn't start with small talk?
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We had skipped the small talk and went straight into the sh*t, and now it was time to pretend we were normal humans again.
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Judging by the photo Sophie Turner posted to Instagram, it looks like they all ate oysters together, probably accompanied by some quintessentially Canadian small talk.
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The police and the Grays make small talk while Lloyd searches through his emails to find one he received after registering for the admissions tour.
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I've dug uptricks for more interesting small talk, tips tobe a better conversationalist, and out-of-the boxicebreaker questions(somanyquestions) to get good conversations going.
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" The lawsuit states that the woman was "shocked that someone as powerful as a royal family member would be engaging in small talk with her.
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Dating back to 1902, social aides entertain guests by dancing with them if necessary, providing small talk, and helping to facilitate conversations with the president.
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One of the most important rules of making small talk is to demonstrate interest in your conversation partner and let him share information about himself.
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He was an effortless stage presence, moving with a jaunty swagger while remaining warm enough to make eye contact and small talk with individual fans.
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If you're trying to make small talk with a female stranger in public, and she's not receptive to it, leave her the fuck alone. 61.
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The intensity of the physical problems I was having didn't match up with lighthearted media stereotypes and small-talk tropes about so-called morning sickness.
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To not drive is to close avenues to the most common form of small talk in L.A.: freeways and traffic and parking (oh, "The Californians").
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We all harbor the knowledge, however covertly, that we're going to die, but when it comes to small talk, I am the angel of death.
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This year, instead of stopping to make small talk, I will bravely and decisively run away from mid-level acquaintances I see on the street.
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Republicans advise that candidates arrive ready for small talk with their opponents, because once they are on-site, there are no guarantees of total privacy.
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The journey begins by waiting roughly 45 minutes in line outside, as an employee named "Angry Joe" makes small talk with some of the guests.
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"If you are a patriot, consider this a moment of joy," he said, before making small talk about the general's tennis game and orchid collection.
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He's 21960 years old and thin, with close-cropped white hair, and when he pops into his chair he has no interest in small talk.
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He froze when it came to small talk (Hawthorne had the same disability), and prolonged socializing with company not of his choosing left him drained.
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He's 2500 years old and thin, with close-cropped white hair, and when he pops into his chair he has no interest in small talk.
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They chatted a bit and though Ms. Yarng thought "he was kind of cute and very nice," she kept the small talk to a minimum.
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All the rehearsals, all the work we do, the preliminary talk or just small talk, leads up to a kind of 'Yeah why not?' moment.
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On Sunday, the leading men and women were on more equal footing as they exchanged strokes and small talk on adjacent courts in the sunshine.
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And she has an idea of how to get there: slouch less, make small talk, find someone, and be there for them NO MATTER WHAT.
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For me, it's something I can tuck in my small talk arsenal for the next time someone asks me what I do for a living.
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I needed to show him I had thought about him beforehand; more than that, I had to be armed for two hours of small talk.
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I try to smile and make small talk with the little kid next to me who played Beethoven on piano, but the pain is obvious.
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Drinking shots with tanned people on vacation seems like a lot more fun than making small talk about the criminal state of your office bathroom.
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" Nikola, who doesn't fuck with small talk, said, "All life is so random, just a weird series of impulses that send you off against each other.
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They blow through small talk, get right to cooking, let us snap some photos, then ask, "Are we good here?" with one foot out the door.
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I was at the Jazz Fest last Friday in New Orleans, and did not miss an opportunity to make small talk with folks about their devices.
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As I tie my shoes, the last guy comes out of the shower with a towel around his waist, and he and I make small talk.
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Ever since Sam told him the news, Jon had been cold with Dany — entering and leaving rooms quickly when she was there, exchanging small talk only.
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But the vast majority of conversations consist of the kind of small talk that keeps people vaguely informed and/or entertained without revealing much at all.
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Real talk: A birthday party is just a lot of unnecessary small talk that precedes the real reason for the whole social charade—the birthday cake.
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The spa's friendly business-development manager presses the timer and instructs his charge to rotate slowly as he makes small talk to speed the three minutes.
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Instead of focusing on the clock, I listened to the instructors make small talk, encourage proper form, or even breathily sing to the song being played.
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Their small talk feels like it might be building up some sexual tension when Vinny shows up with an announcement for clean up on aisle four.
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" I feel most lonely at parties when everyone is able to have small talk and walk around saying, "This is my life, my job, my future!
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While women are taking this chance to promote causes from equal pay to assault, men are being allowed to go about their night making small talk.
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After a few hours of chain-smoking, tedious small talk and attempts at cajoling the men to release me, a woman from Donetsk's media center called.
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Everyone attempts to make small talk over the philandering elephant in the room, but Abe cannot stop himself from glaring at his garbage son-in-law.
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If you're the type that can't help but complain about the rain, extending it beyond the realms of small talk, then there's a hotline for you.
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An artillery officer in World War Two, Heath was very private and was widely regarded as an awkward, prickly man with little gift for small talk.
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Ernesto hops from wheel to wheel, breaking the focused silence with "what do you do," and "how long will you be here," sort of small talk.
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Miitomo suddenly felt like staying too late at a bad party: all you could do is force small talk with semi-friends through inane personal trivia.
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All the gruff-looking lads I approached tried their best, responding to my excruciating small talk with equally painful "and where are you from yourself?" reciprocity.
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His idea of small talk was to grumble about the phone bill his wife incurred in nightly calls to their son, a homesick refugee in Germany.
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Whether it's the doorman in your office lobby or a fellow passenger on the train, try your hand at small talk with everyone, Rohan Sinha says.
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Panicking, I scribbled down my number and watched Dick deliver it to Sunglasses, who made some awkward small talk before retreating into his pro-shop den.
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I started the conversation with small talk, flattery, and a brief introduction of myself, which, unlike Lyovochkin, he listened to as he picked at his plate.
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Brandt Snedeker, 248, who turned professional in 22004, said he couldn't imagine an opponent like DeChambeau initiating small talk with Woods between shots 22012 years ago.
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Your goal is to build deeper relationships with real context, and that requires knowing how to have conversations that go far beyond surface level small talk.
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Small talk gives guests a chance to get to know one another, and to take one another's measure, before the conversation turns to weightier matters — e.g.
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Wu sat quietly on the couch, her eyes trained on a script, as the others made small talk about the recent earthquake and snacked on chips.
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I made small talk with those parents, pretending to be curious about the dynamic between their kids while hoping I never had to see them again.
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Ordinarily I would have swerved Bob because of his inability to nudge our chat beyond the realms of small talk into something that actually resembled conversation.
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And one of the more interesting scenes of the documentary saw the Queen make small talk with President Richard Nixon, who visited Buckingham Palace in 1969.
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It's not unusual for leaders at such events to engage in small talk or even have short "pull-asides" in which a substantive issue is raised.
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I was incredibly frustrated because he had the habit of starting every meeting with at least 10 minutes of small talk before getting down to business.
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He's even wrong when offering small talk about golf, saying the US plays the British in the Ryder Cup when, in fact, it's a European team.
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I also found microwaving things in the office kitchen to be full of social minefields ranging from small talk to the physical navigation of the space.
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Who among us has not suffered the indignity of being in a drunk tank, the smells of stale urine and vomit, the absence of small talk?
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Either way, you need to know this beforehand so you can spend your time talking about a specific job, instead of wasting it on small talk.
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Ms. Rankine is warm but firm, starting with small talk about why people have dyed their hair before asking about the connections between blondness and whiteness.
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Whether you're making small talk about the holidays or discussing the company's business model, getting to know your leadership helps align you with the company's values.
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A woman in morgue makeup sits at the table across from me, silently typing on her phone as her mother and friend make awkward small talk.
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Later, the two men inspected a cordon of bearskin-hatted guardsmen, making small talk with the straight-faced men as they stood in the mild London sun.
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He hates being touched, is bewildered by the common clichés of small talk and is sent into cataclysmic tantrums by any violation of his rigidly ritualized world.
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Today, Musio engages users in small talk, answers their trivia questions in a personable tone, admits when it doesn't know something and can correct a user's grammar.
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While the first group of pairs spent the 45 minutes engaging in small talk, the second group got a list of questions that gradually grew more intimate.
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Sinan's weary mother hopes that he will persuade Idris to stop squandering his salary, but the evasive father and short-tempered son can barely manage small talk.
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There is an air of hushed anticipation among the men: small talk, warm air blown into cupped hands, frequent glances up and down the otherwise quiet street.
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He was then brought into a private locker room, where Singer made small talk with him before putting his hand under Valdovinos' towel, and touching his genitalia.
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Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Willie Geist and Tamron Hall will host the preshow, which will feature small-talk "interviews" with nominees and plenty of fashion-police snark.
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Maybe it's because I don't really enjoy small talk and that I'm now at the point where I really don't have anything to talk to ya'll about.
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The two quickly bonded over small talk, and when Nguyen revealed he was a dentist, he invited Harmon in for a cleaning at his URBN Dental office.
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I used to be fairly socially awkward at parties, unsure of how to break the ice and loathe to make small talk until I started doing sideshow.
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Equipped with a reminder to make small talk and learn about what his coworkers cared about, Jason's natural humor, once you got to know him, shone through.
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It had the look of impropriety -- even if both sides repeatedly insisted the conversation was all small talk and had nothing to do with the email investigation.
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The ride was a blur of bright green tree canopies, the engine's drone, and a pair of FBI agents attempting to break the tension with small talk.
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" Earlier this week, footage surfaced of Trump engaging in small talk with a young girl before saying: "I am going to be dating her in 10 years.
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Behind her in the assembly line, a potbellied man in his late 30s peppers her with the gustatory queries that pass for small talk in south India.
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Keith Haring Socks Gift Box Set, available on Happy Socks, $42Happy Socks makes some of the coolest and most elevator-small-talk-worthy socks in the industry.
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Timpa is held down for 14 minutes before the officers deem he's passed out and hoist him onto an ambulance gurney, making small talk and jokes throughout.
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If you are worse at public small talk, you probably won't be convinced by all the research that proves you will benefit from interacting with complete strangers.
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Going out for roles, he still faced immediate roadblocks: the small talk, the eye contact, the instant connection an actor is supposed to make with the director.
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They range from the generic type of getting-to-know-you questions that are small-talk fare, to more specific questions of personal preference, lifestyle, and emotions.
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Following the same daily routine — an unvarying trek from home to diner to bodega to bar — Lucky would rather watch game shows than engage in small talk.
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The perfect in-between connection was small talk, but we missed that connection, so I was just a woman alone on the subway, smiling at a schnauzer.
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When I put microphones on people, I try to make small talk about whatever common subjects I can think of (sports, pets, kids, where they're from, etc.).
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Documentary filmmakers followed the royal family for 18 months, capturing scenes of Prince Philip grilling sausages at Balmoral and the Queen making small talk with President Nixon.
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Unusually for an editor in chief, Mr. Baker took a leading role in the interview and made small talk with Mr. Trump about travel and playing golf.
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You don't need to be fluent, just conversational enough to make small talk, give directions, use basic grammar, and know your vocab well enough to describe yourself.
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I watched him make small talk with my boyfriend, both of them laughing and chatting away, as if it weren't the craziest thing that had ever happened.
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Some who work in the White House have noticed that he seems more standoffish, less likely to engage in small talk with those outside his inner circle.
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And also, while we're at it... The punctuated vocals in "Small Talk" are also reminiscent of those in "Blank Space," from Swift's seminal, Grammy-winning album 1989.
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When merchants and shoppers make small talk about the luck of a 60-degree day in January, I pipe up that it's not luck, but climate change.
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He settled into a first-floor apartment in Hollis, Queens, where neighbors said he was quiet but cordial, waving hello to neighbors, and carrying on small talk.
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Armed with purported knowledge of your peers' personalities, conversations can skip over the polite get-to-know-you small talk and dive right into the ancestral trauma.
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Once in his hotel suite, Jones claimed that, after a bit of small talk, Clinton began to compliment her body, touch her, and try to kiss her.
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On Wednesday night, a handful of protesters mingled with police officers wearing bright yellow safety vests, making small talk in an attempt to build trust in the community.
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But small talk is a function of connecting with people, and by having these types of conversations, you will send the message that you are warm and welcoming.
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Biniok added it could even act as an "early warning system" of sorts if there are technical problems in the future and make small talk during down time.
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Small talk at an annual neighborhood barbeque or family conversations around the dinner table might be much trickier for someone who doesn't feel safe talking about their work.
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When you're chatting with a new match on a dating app or making flirty small talk with a crush, you tend to talk a lot about the weather.
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There are few writers better at capturing the banality of small talk than Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich), who also co-directed.
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It takes a couple of cookie batches and some small talk, but Teddy eventually reveals that she's loved Owen (Kevin McKidd) since she first met him in Iraq.
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And to make it through seven hours of cheek-pinching from Great-Aunt Mildred and small talk with your cousin's inappropriately dressed stepsister Bambi, you're gonna need alcohol.
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Before the game, McAdoo tried to make small talk with Bogut, who was still glowing from his lone 3-pointer of the season — and apparently drunk with power.
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As he drove and they went through the rituals of small talk, he tried to communicate with her directly, too, without words, by way of pure mental focus.
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After decades churning out movies about killing people and making small talk, Quentin Tarantino said he's probably going to call it quits after two more films, Variety reports.
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While we can't independently verify these claims, they sound like the sort of small talk a shoeless, world-famous Canadian superstar might make in a Boston public park.
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My habit at the playground is to keep mostly to myself, mumbling small talk with the other dads only when not speaking at all would be more awkward.
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The two men made small talk about politics and old movies, Mr. Euille said, and Mr. Hodgkinson asked about finding work in town and good places to eat.
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A ruined holiday qualifies as a relatively gentle reminder that preserving the republic matters just a tiny bit more than making small talk and having proper table manners.
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How was I supposed to see what I had just seen and then go make professional small talk with the friendly young P.R. people who arranged the screening?
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And wait, now that we're on the subject... Related Post "Small Talk" also kind of has the same pacing as Swift's "Dress," as well as the breathy delivery.
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She asked for my ID. (It's bank policy.) I gave it to her gladly, and we exchanged small talk over customers who get angry about the ID requirement.
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Having a mountain of these ready on your coffee table when your guests arrive assures that everyone will dig in together, and the small talk will flow naturally.
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For decades thereafter, small talk retained its reputation as the lowest form of speech, mere space filler to ward off silence, little worthy of respect or serious study.
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She quotes Roberts's article about why small talk is painful and unpleasant to introduce the idea that the art of communication is fundamental to being a Woman Who Works.
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But with a fumbling, awkward grace and some small talk, they cut through their ambiguous past, checking the rearview mirror as TV news trucks followed their caravan of cars.
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Zahedi is a workaholic who has a constitutional aversion to small talk and rarely does anything resembling hanging out; working, many people told me, is how he hangs out.
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The singer, 34, shared a jam session, which she dubbed "Potty Jams," on Instagram Thursday, performing her latest single "Small Talk" in the bathroom with her band in tow.
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She was moving away the next week, so we both knew we'd have only this one date, but we pledged to do all we could to avoid small talk.
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My first impression of Pichai was formed at a Google media holiday party in 2260, when he was the only executive to attend and make small talk with reporters.
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Both parties claimed that they engaged in harmless small talk involving their families and, of course, nothing about the FBI's investigation of Hillary's classified document and email server practices.
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We sat at our booth and dove into the awkward small talk: where are you from, what do you do, how long have you been in New York, etc.
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If you're an introvert as it is, your social meter is way too drained from small talk with colleagues to even think about introducing yourself to a cute random.
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Where most people establish a relationship on small talk and work their way up to asking deep questions, from the first hangout with the theater kids, it was different.
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Bryan L. "was telling me how he was homeless and he didn't have a place to stay, small talk," the officer, identified only as No. 279, testified in January.
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In footage of the moment, Labour party leader Corbyn can be seen looking straight ahead as the prime minister tries, and apparently fails, to engage him in small talk.
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Stop by their desk every now and then or catch them in the hall just to say "hi," see how they're doing, or for a bit of small talk.
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Merk's new single "Hang," which we're premiering today, is a lazy-day ode to chilling with someone without feeling pressure to make small talk or do anything in particular.
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Straight-talking, detail-focused and thorough, London-raised Tucker is not known for his small talk, but those who have worked with him say he is friendly and approachable.
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The Moon in Scorpio is activating the sector of your chart that rules your friendships and community; however, tonight you won't be in the mood for any small talk.
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I make small talk- which expands into much deeper conversation and interests- and observe the things the other person states finding myself generalizing my thoughts on that person's values.
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It was also jumping with subtext: Even as they circled Ms. Winner with an espionage charge, the F.B.I. agents made small talk about the weather, CrossFit and her cat.
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Tall, soft-spoken, with a gentle smile and wavy hair, he worked incessantly, was not given to small talk and never shed his slight air of Old South formality.
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The two sides went out of their way to be civil, bantering and making small talk about sports and work, a person close to Mr. Manafort's defense team said.
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As I lie on the exam table, my doctor is definitely trying to make me feel comfortable, playing upbeat music (even Taylor Swift bops!), and making some small talk.
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After a few minutes of small talk, she said that if I told her enough times that my shirt was green—it was gray—she would probably believe it.
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If she doesn't answer, leave a neutral message: "Hi, just checking in...." If you do speak with her, break the ice with some small talk: How is she doing?
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"Bro, you need to get very serious about TikTok," Vaynerchuk, 44, told Keed, 21, after a few minutes of small-talk, as silence fell over the crowded control room.
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Alas, the robot didn't stick around for small talk — and neither did I. It was time to cross a Sky Net suspended more than 80 feet in the air.
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Bolton's associates from that time told me that he refrained from ordinary diplomatic niceties: he did not engage in small talk, linger at cocktail parties, or attend national commemorations.
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I've tried to be friendly with her by engaging in small talk, but have found that her conversations are limited to her two small children, her pregnancy or food.
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Waiters scurried to bring menus and drinks to a large round table reserved for him as he stopped to shake hands and make small talk with members eating lunch.
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After arriving at his TriBeCa apartment on the appointed evening — she was "excited," having carefully chosen her outfit after consulting with friends — they exchanged small talk and drank wine.
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Which means if you hate and avoid small talk, you are also, as a practical matter, cutting yourself off from lots of meaningful social interaction, which is a bummer.
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We put him in the compartment right behind us, so we could keep an eye on him, and he'd look through the window and make small talk with us.
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Meanwhile, here's a look inside Amazon's $1 million Alexa Prize competition, a timed student challenge to build socialbots that could make small talk with U.S. Alexa users — within 20 minutes.
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Another ad in the series of 15-second spots shows a young woman making awkward small talk with a bespectacled Whole Foods employee in front of a cheese tasting plate.
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It wasn't until after a few questions of small talk about the baby did she pull out her business flyer and ask me if I'd heard of her company before.
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Every Tuesday, we meet under a streetlamp on the Lower East Side, a swarm of tattoos, short shorts, and no bag check or small talk and lots of twitching muscles.
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Scaramucci also joked that Zucker was "not getting a placement fee" for helping him, and he later made small talk on the phone with CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist.
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However, in a video interview for Run For Cover's 'Small Talk' series Alex talks about his involvement on both albums as well as how he and Frank started working together.
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This piece, called #elevate, is an effective, if trite, exploration of the painful performance of small-talk, of the yearning for genuine human interaction, of bringing celebrity down to earth.
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Yet neither has offered an oft-requested feature some users would even be willing to pay an extra dollar for: a "quiet ride" where the driver doesn't make small talk.
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President Trump made small talk with the Irish prime minister as they sat in the Oval Office in mid-March, accompanied by a handful of senior American and Irish officials.
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Again, rightfully so: There's only so much exposition that can happen in an hour, and the show would rather swoop in in medias res than dilly-dally with small talk.
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After a few days, she texted me to say it felt like "small talk with a Tinder match that isn't going anywhere," sending screenshots of a discussion about fresh mozzarella.
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Maxwell was covered in blood, having just been hit by a car, and she made small talk with him about Theranos without acknowledging that he had clearly just been injured.
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Analytical communicators, for instance, will ask for hard facts and data, while personal communicators will want small talk first and will likely ask about other teammates involved in the project.
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As they made small talk, the man told Farley that he had recently been diagnosed with brain cancer, which prompted Farley to open up about his mother's battle with cancer.
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This presence of Venezuelan drivers across the continent has not only been noticed by tech-savvy business travelers with a keen ear for accents and a penchant for small talk.
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The company recognises that some passengers might not like small talk, and would just want to enjoy their rides in silence, rather than holding people verbally hostage, according to RocketNews24.
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And each of the saxophone solos was basically the equivalent of the small talk that you are forced to make with the friend of your mom who cuts your hair.
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And where was Maury Lerner, the hit-obsessed prospect who once sat beside them in dugouts, joined in on those long bus rides and shared small talk around second base?
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It's undeniably disturbing to listen to the ease and charm of Bundy's small talk with the interviewer, who uncomfortably admits to finding lots of common ground with the serial killer.
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Trump is hardly the first U.S. president to make polite small talk with autocrats although he does seem to seek out and enjoy such encounters more than any recent predecessor.
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To sit at the food media table with all that shit in your wheelhouse, you realize you're not really equipped to deal with things like small talk and polite society.
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"You have to get a conversation off the ground with a complete stranger, put in all that small talk, and then nothing happens," says Amy, 26, a recruiter in Chicago.
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More Versace-clad, spray-tanned men kept showing up, offering us sodas in wine glasses, making endless small talk, and nervously checking to see where we were pointing the cameras.
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For about an hour, we made small talk with the nurses, who guessed at the baby's weight, and with the surgeon, who happened to be a college classmate of ours.
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Maybe it was the chore of making small talk with the handful of audience members who had paid hundreds of dollars extra to stuff their faces at the cast's table.
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Maybe your office holds a holiday party every December, and you've got to move your awkward small talk from the break room to the local bar/restaurant/rented party space.
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The discussion started with small talk about design, then got serious fast when she launched into a dark confession about never leaving her basement that culminated with this attention-getter.
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The small talk, the insipid jokes, the banal daily existence in the same cubicle one day after the next — this seemed so far removed from the professional life I'd imagined.
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When Officer Wilson, a veteran of the San Antonio Police Department, began searching Ms. Simms, she made small talk as if "having a cup of coffee," according to the complaint.
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LONDON — State visits to Britain are supposed to be about ceremony — banquets at Buckingham Palace, rides in horse-drawn coaches and small talk with Queen Elizabeth II — rather than politics.
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So he kept moving on that recent Sunday morning, doling out bilingual small talk around the V.I.P. lounge of Reggiana's stadium before a recent game against Modena, a nearby rival.
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Over the past few years, house prices that provoke disbelief have dislodged weather as the favorite subject of small talk in parts of Canada, particularly Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto.
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After the meeting was over, he immediately went back to his office to get to work while others caught up with their colleagues -- never being one for water cooler, small talk.
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And is there a better form of revenge against an ex than winning a bit shiny trophy while they pick at crudités and make painful small talk with a C-lister?
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After some idle small talk, the kid asks the dad if he wants to check his phone, but the dad says he'd never do so with a kid in the car.
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The New York Times and Washington Post have posed the question, and it was a standard joke during small talk as I went through Washington doing research for my latest book.
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FROM COINAGE: Here's How Much It Will Cost You to Vacation Like a Kardashian They all go on to exchange some small talk, but the awkward tension is impossible to ignore.
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Maleficent does her best to plaster on a non-threatening smile and master the art of small talk to impress Phillip's parents, King John (Robert Lindsay) and Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer).
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Tap water plays an important role in your everyday life that goes beyond small talk about H2O quality in your respective state (braggadocious New Yorkers, you know what we're talking about).
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And my attempts at ice-breaking small talk with the ladies manning the church tea stand go down as well as an "End Forced Motherhood" T-shirt at a first communion.
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Yet, there is a freedom in eating alone, even if we need a little help to relish in it: no discussions of what we should order, no small talk, no sharing.
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Over the past couple of years, it's slowly improved what its artificial agents can do, but their latest challenge is something that can confound even the smartest human: making small talk.
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With Mercury in Scorp, talk is cheap — you're more likely to spare the small talk and, instead, cut to the chase and ask others the questions you really want answers to.
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But the list of people who viewed my content is an awkward who's-who that includes a couple of folks I probably wouldn't even make small talk with at a party.
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I run into a girl I knew in college and can't remember her name for the life of me, but she remembers mine and we make small talk in the line.
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In studying the systemic nature of sexism, I've learned that men and women alike can contribute to gender inequality in seemingly innocuous ways, including through what might seem like small talk.
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With that being said, small talk is important in the sense that it makes people feel more comfortable with one another, opening up the door for meaningful conversations in the future.
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In another scene, the group's small talk — about the health of relatives and the best route to the family home — is repeated on a loop, with increasingly over-the-top details.
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But to ensure his company can run at the same efficiency in a smaller timeframe, Rheingans mandates employees put their phone away and that they keep small talk to a minimum.
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While Teichman understands many people want to skip the "small talk" and get to a deep conversation, you must ease into these topics so the other person does not become uncomfortable.
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Walking around, I heard snippets of small talk between strangers — breaking what was mostly silence — as if they were sound bites from a broken record, having almost no line of logic.
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They didn't engage with the tiny horse long before making small talk with folks outside Edinburgh Castle who showered Meghan with gifts and waved flags with the couple's mug on them.
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Emily moved into her Brooklyn apartment building two weeks ago and now finds herself watching the Oscars with people she hopes to call her friends, making small talk about mass death.
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Smartly dressed mothers sat around the edge of the room, making small talk about options for reaching the gathering by public transport, and politely admiring smartphone pictures of each other's offspring.
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As he prepared for his first game, the inauguration of the Galaxy's nascent cross-city rivalry with Los Angeles F.C., he made playful small talk with Emmanuel Boateng, a young midfielder.
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This particular visual is reinforced when Beatriz attempts small talk with real estate mogul, David, played by human giant John Lithgow who, at 6'4'', is over a foot taller than Hayek.
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"Do you go to school in the area?" the red-bearded man asked James, whose name has been changed to shield his identity, amid other small talk about technology and science.
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Even over two days in Toronto, I had watched Almodóvar breeze through an ambitious schedule of press obligations as if he were born to make small talk in a second language.
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Set to be released Wednesday, October 16, the track is Perry's third single released from her yet-untitled upcoming album, following "Never Really Over" and "Small Talk" from earlier this year.
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She and her husband, Hank Arond, also 93, had greeted the students in their living room and made small talk and introductions as if this were a weekly mah-jongg game.
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When individuals who had hemispherectomies came to have their brains scanned for the study, they appeared to behave like other typically developed adults, shaking Dr. Kliemann's hands and making small talk.
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"Afterward, he and I made small talk in Spanish to get to know each other," says James Wagner, a New York Times baseball writer who had recently left The Washington Post.
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The tuner may be bad at small talk, but in the middle of a deep conversation the tuner will ask those extra four or five questions, the way good listeners do.
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If you have self-contained bathrooms in your office, you might not be familiar with stall-lurking, because you don't have to worry about lines or small talk or bodily sounds.
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Canadian pop queen Carly Rae Jepsen may also want to perk up her ears, because "Small Talk" sounds like a musical cousin to "Too Much," her single off 2019's Dedicated.
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My group — a couple of nurses, a lawyer and a public-relations pro among them — mostly exhibited a cool acceptance of our captivity, settling into newspapers and crosswords and small talk.
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I made small talk with the driver, but was too embarrassed to tell him that his efforts today were being spent on the arbitrary whims of a robot's random number generator.
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It was just so ridiculous that I'm having small talk with a very high-profile leader, and it gives me joy when those two worlds can kind of dance with each other.
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Traipsing down to visit her while she digs up a blueberry bush, Gregory starts up some small talk about working together, and then we see he's got a knife in his hand.
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Based on the very limited thing you would know about the person, which was probably awful, how would you make small talk over the course of a dinner with somebody like that?
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Bostian, still fairly new to the corridor and recently transferred to the New York-to-Washington run, wasn't much for small talk or the ribbing through which railroaders leaven the stressful job.
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The 34-year-old is more comfortable making bets in Vegas and cleaning up on the set of the popular game show than he is making small talk at the water cooler.
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I help my roommate get ready for her date (she's a serial dater, in the nicest way possible), and make small talk with him when he shows up a bit too early.
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And, on the flip side, it can be hard to hold ourselves to that standard of kindness on the days when we'd rather clothesline a cyclist than stop to make small talk.
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Nick Kim and Jimmy Lau were quietly focused on doing what they do best—making beautiful, tasty food with finesse and precision, and extraneous small talk was not part of the equation.
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You may also be the type who considers resolutions little more than bad January small talk, not to mention the reason the gym is so damn crowded at this time of year.
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He showed up for our interview accompanied by his girlfriend, Jojo, a friendly personal trainer with a similarly gentle demeanor, whose role as moral support involved shouldering much of the small talk.
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So we glide on the surface of our feelings with small talk, occasionally breaking through with the help of a few beers to talk about how fucked up things were for us.
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Read more: 16 habits of extremely boring peopleTo help you out, we checked out Quora, Reddit, and other resources, and highlighted some of the best tips for upping your small-talk game.
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What small talk does to a relationship is to provide an on-ramp where convert station can start in a small and trivial way leading to more in-depth, more significant content.
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Here, where high-tech pot farms thrive amid the weekend homes and backyard wineries of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, people like their privacy; no small talk or pancake breakfasts at the Elks lodge.
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This interesting gesture comes ahead of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Washington, D.C., later this month, so if all else fails, at least they have this brilliant small talk topic.
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Some of the most riveting moments between the two men take place when they make small talk while dipping pieces of bread in red wine, the power dynamic between them always evident.
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About fifteen people sit around plastic tables in the warehouse's gravel parking lot, making small talk while staring at their phones, the blue electronic glow reflecting off pleather corsets and platform boots.
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About a year after I graduated from a private liberal arts college, I found myself making small talk with my dentist as he scraped the gunk off the sides of my teeth.
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As the senator made his way to the door, making small talk on the way out of the library's meeting room, Varley said he is still sizing up the large Democratic field.
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" But, she said, "he could have taken off the grin, dispensed with small talk, said facts were important and the U.S. was committed to get them, and ended in a better place.
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During one of his visits to the president, Mr. Pillay said, Mr. Zuma started off making small talk but was clearly exasperated, openly complaining about the questions lawmakers expected him to answer.
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In pursuit of practical advice, I shared your letter with my father, a retired bus driver and librarian with a passion for small talk, as well as severe mobility and pain issues.
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The small talk is relevant: There is always the shift in the wind or the yardage to the pin or the speed of this green versus that last one to blab about.
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Aside from the anxiety of having to make small talk, genuine safety concerns arise when meeting strangers for drinks or dinner — something that is especially complicated by the rise of online dating.
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Eyes wide and head down, her discomfort with crowds and small talk make it easy to understand why Greta Thunberg says she was "an invisible girl" for most of her 16 years.
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There's no small talk about the mud that will soon be caking our pants, the heat (102 degrees Fahrenheit), the humidity (thick), the mosquitoes (swarming), or the possibility of a crocodile appearing.
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"I am not sure how he found me, but he would initiate small talk every six months or so," Mr. Artyomenko said, adding that they had mostly discussed interesting places to travel.
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When Ryan tells Amy, "I'm so glad you came out," Amy misinterprets her remark to be commentary about her coming out as queer, rather than small talk about coming to the party.
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And since we're not the beloved first lady or the most skilled home entertainer of our generation, we'll just have to settle for a video of the two snacking and making small talk.
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When the Pure Romance invite came, I imagined myself grazing on store-bought cookies and trying to make small talk while an acquaintance from church vied for her commission on lube and vibrators.
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Their meet-cute is an irritating extended riff on their names, conversation about how Isla looks vaguely familiar, and some other stilted small talk that will clearly mean something by the final act.
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Sure, there might be some uncomfortable small talk at your partner's family holiday dinner, but at least you probably won't find yourself getting pantsed or breaking a bed — we swear it was innocent.
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In VR, it doesn't feel as fraught as walking up to someone at a party and making small talk, but you bring with you the true personality from your real life into here.
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But in reality, it's not and if you're a machine trying to replicate dialog, you need to be good at lots of tasks like answering questions, completing sentences and even having small talk.
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Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your preferred way of communicating, while simultaneously identifying the similarities and differences between your style and the interviewer's can dramatically help you adjust your small talk accordingly.
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Once in a while, however, I'd try to make small talk with a customer by complimenting them on their Goyard bag or noting that I had the same Athleta leggings they were wearing.
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In high school, he was voted "Most Adorably Clueless Guy" in his school's yearbook, his sister said, and while he wasn't big on small talk, he could strike up a conversation with anyone.
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If it comes to different types of pop culture, such as music, superheros, movies, and some other subjects, those are my strong points … Small talk is a pretty good strong-point of mine.
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Puth, 27, recently helped write and produce Perry's latest singles "Small Talk" and "Harleys in Hawaii," the latter of which was a title Perry came up with before the song was even created.
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While making small talk with some Afghans I met at the airport last month, I found that it wasn't uncommon for a lot of them to pursue cosmetic surgeries in Kabul and abroad.
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You'll have a few days of painful small talk, very likely about whether you've made a start on the reading list (you haven't) and then go for a drink before your course starts.
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" Katja adds that in New York, "you feel victorious when you have an interaction with somebody — particularly a stranger — when you get to the heart of something, when it's not just small talk.
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Several advisers said the president may curse them for a minor transgression — like bringing an unknown aide into his presence without warning — then make amiable small talk with the same person minutes later.
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In the video for her new single "Small Talk," Perry, 34, expresses her love for her pooch via song, of course, as the pop star and Nugget wear matching outfits throughout various scenes.
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His campaign said voters are free to talk to him in the rope line after events, where he takes selfies and questions and makes small talk in equal measure with often-appreciative voters.
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He doesn't bother with small talk; when I met him in June for a formal interview, he had barely said hello when he began telling me about his government's latest moves in Yemen.
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Plus it saves me from having to make small talk (which I despise under the best of circumstances) with the people making a hushed, sorrowful buzz around me, a swarm of mourning locusts.
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Outfitted in a wardrobe's worth of bizarre and unconvincing disguises, Shaq makes amusing small talk — and even freestyle raps — with a series of riders who sit shotgun as he ferries them around Atlanta.
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The scene wasn't so different from your typical happy hour on a weeknight: Young working professionals making small talk in a dimly-lit bar after work, with faint indie music playing in the background.
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I'll sit there, play dumb while the little blue route gets drawn on their GPS and watch as their temples throb with irritation then respond to small talk while they seethe through clenched jaw.
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A floor above on the pediatric intensive care unit, a Homeland Security officer from New York made small talk with one of the doctors as he stood outside a 6-year-old girl's room.
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The gap between the daily lived experience of each group is so vast, so incomprehensibly different, that even making small talk can be an effort worthy of trying to send a person to space.
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This provided a great source of small talk for Lydia and me, which was helpful because it was soon apparent that we were both considerably more nervous than we'd been when we first met.
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Margraves says he's willing to refund anyone who already donated to the account, and that anything left over after March 9 will be given to charities like Small Talk, RAVE and the Firecracker Foundation.
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Iozzi, 71, said he engaged in small talk with Nathan Carman, and noticed Carman removed the trim tabs, devices that help boats sail "with increased safety," according to a Ram Point Marina safety manual.
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Impressed by his work ethic In the car, the two men made small talk, and Keffer said he learned Duncan wanted to become a California Highway Patrol officer and was saving money for college.
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This potential Bieber and Selena reunion has dominated not just the headlines, but my work small talk, Twitter feed, and my group chat with my fellow pop-culture loving sister Amaiya and BFF Joseph.
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After the typical small talk and schmoozing, the scout slid a thick stack of papers across the table and offered Leonardo the opportunity to join a Major League team and collect a $700,000 payday.
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China Is Forcing People To Download An App That Tells Them To Delete "Dangerous" Photos During these years in the small-talk wilderness, I also wondered why Americans valued friendliness with commerce so much.
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No, this doesn't mean you need to segue into your small talk in a creepy, "Hey, I saw your Instagram post from three years ago that says you're vegan — me too!" sort of way.
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The Moon in Gemini is activating the friendship sector of your chart, and you have a lot of questions about intimacy and trust, especially in your close relationships — you're craving depth, not small talk.
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I interview speaking coach Dawn Fraser on tips to becoming more vocal in conversations, and as it turns out, improv is not only great training for leaders, but also helps with everyday small talk.
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Neither Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel nor Theresa May are noted practitioners of small talk, but if they do ever have an occasion for light conversation, it is a topic over which they can bond.
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It keeps you from having to balance cooking and small talk, and it makes it easier for you and your visitors to clean up the wreckage of hosting dozens of people in your home.
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I needed to get to work, but the last thing I wanted to do was make small talk about inane things with people for whom this might be a tragedy, but an abstract one.
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Even without the threat of assassination, a dinner party can feel like a series of psychological tests: the table set with tiny implements of inscrutable purpose, the small talk like needles through the eyes.
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For instance, you may assume that the two of you will be chatting throughout the day, while your partner is working from home and wants to save the small talk until after 5 p.m.
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" Debra Fine, a speaker and the author of "The Fine Art of Small Talk," has another basic rule: "Don't ask a question that could put somebody in a bad spot: 'Is your boyfriend here?
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The small talk continued to be hard work, but the shooting made it easier, because if the person you were talking to was hard going you could always point at the sky, say bang!
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Students can "polish their soft skills by going out of their comfort zone — go to a wrestling match or theater event — it's all about small talk, introducing yourself with an elevator pitch," says Salemi.
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They make what seems like on-air small talk — they'll ask a high school student if they're studying impeachment in civics class, or they'll pick up on a biographical detail a caller slipped in.
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His phone call to Brianna to give her the news is really well done, full of awkward small talk and the strange intimacy of sharing a secret, even if they're not on great terms.
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On a night when Smith and her husband were cooking bone broth soup, the artists ate their meals seated on the floor of the private home housing the dinner, then started making small talk.
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For the time being, drivers will still sit up front to engage in small talk and ensure that the operation doesn't fail miserably, while cameras and sensors built into the car track the whole journey.
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Thinking back to that first encounter with Bartos in May, I remember her shyness, our small talk about Warsaw's drab postwar skyline, and the candy she gave me to eat as I perused her work.
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The bathroom run-in started off like any other with a little small talk, but quickly took a turn for the bizarre when Rudd, 46, mentioned that he had been in the urinal all weekend.
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Rest assured, you're not the only person who sat next to a person who never looked up from their phone, or who sat through an hour of strained small talk wishing you could go home.
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But since messaging is the top mobile behavior, Snap can use it to keep people coming back and then distract them while they're waiting for a reply or need a social alternative to small talk.
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The dozen or so guests who shared caviar, roast duckling and small talk with visiting President Bill Clinton – among them co-DreamWorks SKG founders Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg – were exclusively white, and exclusively male.
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I'd known her from on campus and in classes, let's call her Girl A. She's on my social media, and we would head nod to each other in passing, small talk every now and again.
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According to a White House pool report, the president, seated in the State Dining Room before a crackling fire and under a portrait of President Lincoln, engaged in small talk with a child named Coleman.
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Reporter Natalia Cooper was handing out $50 notes to a commuter at a Sydney train station, and as you do, tried to initiate a bit of small talk about what he did on the weekend.
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You never know when you'll need to ask the train attendant a question, and it'll be much more fun if you can make some small talk with your fellow passengers who might not speak English.
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As a Cancer, you tend to be blunt and hate small talk, so you'll absolutely love the show's frank ways of discussing race, relationships, and the importance of standing up for what you believe in.
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Instead, think of picking a "Netflix and chill" movie the way you would a soundtrack and select something that sets the mood, that isn't ruined by the sounds of small talk, laughter, or, ideally, smooching.
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Besides, believing and acting on this no-nonsense "who exactly are you?" school of conversation neglects the fact that small talk, when done correctly, is actually an extremely efficient way of getting acquainted with people.
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This was shortly after the president's disastrous appearance at a NATO meeting in which he behaved like the unpopular rich kid whose idea of making small talk is telling people how much his shoes cost.
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Having a twin is exactly the sort of small talk The Bachelor loves to feature as a means of momentary (and sure to be forgotten the second a one-on-one date comes up) connection.
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During a three-hour knee surgery, an awake patient may become bored and tired of being in the same position: "So you might have to make small talk throughout the entire case," said Dr. Dickerson.
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At a brunch for the New York-based nonprofit Public Art Fund, the restaurant smelled overwhelmingly of insecticide, and when the small-talk shifted from Trump, it was only in order to talk about Zika.
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I'd like to have the freedom to be who I am: a woman who enjoys small talk with colleagues but is naturally more reserved and would prefer to keep topics appropriate to an office setting.
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As I dialed his number I thought it would be best to reel it back and bit and warm him up before diving into the Royce Gracie drama, so I opened with some small talk.
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Towards the end of the comedy bit, which saw the actor becoming increasingly angry about having to make the same post-summer small talk with the SNL cast, Davidson appeared onstage to exchange pleasantries with Driver.
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Billed as an off-the-record stop (no questions from the press, no speeches), the stop highlighted what Biden loves best about the campaign trail: making small talk with regular folks, shaking hands and taking selfies.
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We make small talk for a little, and then get into the meat of the conversation — I recently hooked up with one of her friends, and I hope it doesn't rock the boat with our friendship.
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Whereas most award show red carpets are characterized by giggles and small talk, the actresses being interviewed at the Golden Globes 2018 are taking their interviews straight to the important issues plaguing women around the world.
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The pop star, 34, dropped her newest single on Thursday night with a lyric video for the track, titled "Small Talk," which is all about the awkward distance that happens between ex-lovers after a breakup.
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During introductions at dinner parties or small talk at checkout lines in the U.S., I found myself tongue-tied at the very question of where I'm from, just like I had been decades ago in Harrods.
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Small talk is a filler that is used to gain the trust of the person, and we are talking to see if there is an excellent reason to continue into more in-depth, more significant topics.
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Is the thinking that, unlike single people, people in relationships are less equipped to deal with the discomfort of being alone at social events, or are less deserving of the punishment that is making small talk?
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"Such whirling, well-informed and lightweight conversation," Ms. Bacqué wrote in "Kaiser Karl: The Life of Karl Lagerfeld" — small talk, and the opposite of the deep conversations Mr. Alaïa was known to hold in his kitchen.
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The recently widowed Eleanor Roosevelt, later a key author of the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights, made small talk with politicians and policy makers like Nelson Rockefeller, Adlai Stevenson, Averell Harriman and John Foster Dulles.
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While the show's main competitor, NBC's "Megyn Kelly Today," has lately leaned into segments involving sexual harassment and revenge porn, "Live" has not wavered from a format that favors plenty of small talk between the hosts.
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It's unknown if they were just making small talk or talking about the final vote — at one point, Murkowski could be heard from the press gallery above the chamber making a comment about the Super Bowl.
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The laconic McConnell eschews social media, can be hard-pressed to make small talk, sometimes sits silent in meetings, according to those who have attended, and can repel reporters' questions by refusing to utter a syllable.
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MONTREAL — In a black gown and a red tie, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif looked at ease making small talk with fellow graduates here as he waited to be called up to the stage to receive his degree.
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But though he and Mr. Tillerson both smiled and appeared relaxed as they made small talk in the moments before their official meeting, neither said anything to a contingent of journalists briefly ushered into their presence.
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I found company in signing up for group activities, which allowed me to engage in small talk — something that, before this year, I never thought I'd miss — while also taking in the wild beauty of Orcas.
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If I'm alone and I see that my assigned driver has the "Good Conversation" icon on their profile, I suffer through the small talk while trying my hardest to focus on the road and not turn green.
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" One 31-year-old woman Politico interviewed laid out a typical date: "You do the small-talk thing, and you have a very good conversation, and then they might say, &aposYou didn&apost vote for Trump, right?
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Lorde came in to buy a smoothie and made small talk with the 19-year-old, who had only been working at the shop for two weeks when one of her favorite musicians walked through the door.
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For a young man who hated small talk and didn't drink or take drugs, the club scene was mostly a place to be noticed, hopefully in the company of celebrities or, at the very least, photogenic women.
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After some small talk, Jones said Kelly went to shake her hand and gave her a piece of paper with his phone number on it and told her to text him her number, she told Rolling Stone.
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It won't steer you away from small talk with your friend's stepmom, or put you in a cab when you've hit the open bar too hard, or remind you to pick up a gift for the newlyweds.
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Though the woman began with typical small talk asking questions like how old her baby was, the conversation took a turn when the stranger brought up that she worked with a company that sells weight loss products.
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If she gets backed into a corner by DiPierro or Price at some point in the next few episodes, all she needs to do is break out the USB drive and make 15 seconds of small talk.
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After some small talk, in which Judge Myers learns Mr. Kalifa is from Maryland, he points out the flags draped in front of his bookcases, including the state flags of Maryland and California, where I grew up.
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The soft music, brightly colored walls and chalkboards, and chestnut-colored tables with staff members casually engaged in small talk gave it the feel of a neighborhood coffee shop, more than a place where overdoses are prevented.
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In real life, there are options for survival here—like, choosing your favorite restaurant and skipping breakfast, just so you can spend the whole time avoiding small talk by munching on all the deliciousness you can order.
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In fact, it's basically impossible to know who's being subjected to what without them coming out and telling you, and it's not like much small talk naturally leads to questions about whether or not you're currently enslaved.
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She was on one end, with another contestant standing between her and Holzhauer, a professional gambler from Las Vegas who was running out of personal facts to share with Trebek during the episode's round of small talk.
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Then she brandished her Sensei eight-inch professional right-handed hair shears and went to work, making small talk as she started to scissor her way, gently but with purpose, through the fluffy mound atop his head.
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I think that's why she seized on a bit of small talk offered as we walked to the restaurant: My boyfriend had moved away that morning, and we were about to embark on a long-distance relationship.
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A strip called "Trying on Small Talk" shows Harrison, whose course of treatment didn't cause her to lose hair or show any visible marks of sickness, attempting to answer the question "What do you do?" at parties.
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If you're needing to prepare for small talk at some leftover social event and have no idea what's been going on outside of just making it through another 24 hours for the least seven days, have no fear.
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Now, a new collection means a new backdrop, so AG and Chung packed up and traveled to Paris for a one-night-only trip filled with French-inspired fashions and awkward small talk that's mostly lost in translation.
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I do not seek friends... I hate small talk... I need only two, three good friends... I am a diarist: the diary is my friend... I would still videotape and film even if nobody would ever see it.
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A startup may have the best product, the best vision, and the most compelling presentation, only to discover that their sales team is talking to the wrong decision-maker or not making the right kind of small talk.
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I remember once describing a prominent official as a guy who if he showed up at a grocery store, everyone would switch lines to make sure they weren't stuck having to make small talk with him at checkout.
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Scorpio hates small talk, and is all about deep meaning—Venus retrograde in Scorpio asks you to figure out what's really important to you, and to stick up for yourself when it comes to getting what you want.
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It's a big-budget sci-fi franchise built on small talk — and it offers a tantalizing hint at what it might be like to play a video game that truly allows you to say whatever comes to mind.
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After some small talk, I got to the heart of the matter: I said her boyfriend was stopping by my apartment on his way to work, something he'd been doing ever since I moved out several months before.
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"You talk to people in the chair, small talk, and you pick up stuff," said Dr. Toscano, who grew up on Long Island and found his calling early, after an orthodontics project for an eighth-grade science fair.
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CreditCreditIllustration by Shannon Lin/The New York Times Every day around the world, an estimated three billion people go to work and 2.9 billion of them avoid making small talk with their co-workers once they get there.
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Family reunifications floated Tuesday's meeting at Peace House in the Joint Security Area, also known as Panmunjom, began awkwardly with small talk about the weather -- a sign that any restoration of relations was not going to be quick.
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Never one for small talk, he rarely sat in on interviews, sneaking into the room toward the end to sit in silently, or stopping in merely to say hello to a witness, letting his prosecutors speak for him.
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Weather, after all, is one of the easiest things for people to bond over or gripe about, a staple of small talk and shared experience that can make it a simple but powerful opportunity to discuss global warming.
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In addition to watching Jules feel obligated to make small talk with the person we know raped her, Sweet/Vicious implies that another survivor dropped out of school after her own rapist failed to be punished by the university.
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Wearing a long-sleeved navy polo shirt, blue jeans and smart black shoes, and with his hands in his pockets, a seemingly relaxed Cameron greeted journalists and made small talk about whether people had managed to get much sleep.
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Not only does this put no one in a holiday mood, it also means that when it comes to making non-controversial small talk over the Thanksgiving dinner table this week, the number of safe subjects has dramatically decreased.
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For example, If I boarded the plane somewhere in the middle and I can't get to my seat yet because other passengers in front are settling in, I'll make small talk with them rather than put on my headphones.
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Tas-Yuryakh Journal TAS-YURYAKH, Russia — At a truck stop at the northern terminus of the Vilyui ice highway in northeastern Siberia, drivers make small talk not about life on the road but rather the life of the road.
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The very funny Martin Freeman stopped by The Graham Norton Show and gave all the details on his unusual Love Actually sex scenes, in which his character makes small talk while simulating sex as a stand-in for actors.
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While I figured that anorexia is not the greatest topic for small talk (and statements like "Hey guys, I'm finally having regular bowel movements again!" don't exactly inspire the masses), I eventually told my closest friends about my situation.
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And if he is still smooth at small talk when he must be, happy to riff on sports and science until the last guest has left, the staid ceremonial duties of a presidential spouse do not hold much appeal.
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It was a casual conversation, full of small talk about the holidays and work and the weather, until Ms. Davila, 260, mentioned that she and her husband were thinking about booking a trip over a long weekend to Cuba.
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This happens because you feel like he or she is trapping you into conversations you don't want to be a part of, like being left to small talk with an acquaintance, while your real friend goes to the bathroom.
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"I can convince food places, taxi cabs, a few other random small talk things, but then once a word comes up that I don't know I'm fucked," he says of his attempts trying the language out in actual Denmark.
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"(The donation) allows us to continue to do the great work that we do here and provide essential services to children who are survivors of very unfortunate circumstances," said Alex Brace, executive director of Small Talk Children's Assessment Center.
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I'm at the gynecologist for my Pap smear, feet in stirrups, idly wondering what Emily Post might have suggested as appropriate small talk for those moments when the person you are speaking to will be replying to your vagina.
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Modern Love On this week's podcast, the actor and comedian Paul Rust reads Tim Boomer's essay "The End of Small Talk," about the rule he set when he re-entered the dating world after a breakup: no pleasantries allowed.
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It all feels like potentially fraught terrain for Koenig to navigate, and for listeners to experience along with her, right from the start: In the episode's opening "scene," she tries to make awkward small talk in an elevator and fails brutally.
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Faced with a lifetime of making idiots of ourselves, we decided to ask a couple of serious experts—Miriam Meyerhoff, a sociolinguist at Victoria University, and Talk Your Way to Happiness author Barrie Leslie—how to best navigate awkward small talk.
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While I am 100-percent sex positive, I don't exactly relish the thought of making small talk with a man who has clearly visualized what I look like having an orgasm on a sex toy seen almost exclusively in porn.
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We got the actor and elder son of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and JFK niece Maria Shriver out in Bev Hills Friday, and after some sparse small talk about holiday gifts, we asked him if politics are in his future.
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On the cold January day in 1969 when Richard Nixon was sworn in, LBJ's wife, Lady Bird, made small talk with Pat Nixon during the awkward ride the outgoing and incoming first lady take together to the Capitol swearing-in ceremony.
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We're very interested in not discussing fluff in any way or small talk, and if someone is having a hard time expressing where they are, for whatever reason, it becomes pretty apparent because you've been working with these people for years.
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When I discussed my phone habits with Debra Fine, a networking consultant who specializes in face-to-face small talk, even she admitted "nobody has the time" for the kind of regular calls she used to have with her girlfriends.
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They're present in the way she has to make nice with people who are playing the social small-talk game, or in the way she has to pretend to like the man she's sleeping with while obviously finding him ridiculous.
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Cyber Monday has become the premier date to ignore your coworkers' small talk about their holiday weekend, flex your credit card number memorization skills, and covertly spend the first day back at work scrolling through the hundreds of sales happening online.
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Photos by Ibra Ake, courtesy of Kari Faux In the summer of 2014, a rapper from Little Rock, Arkansas, released a very cool and good song called "No Small Talk," announcing her arrival as a sardonic new voice in the genre.
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Yes, coke is a heinous, draining, boring thing—a drug for all the latent and not so latent narcissists out there, a means of turning five minutes of quick small talk about work into five solid hours of grinding soliloquy.
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As each woman sits down for some private time with "Dan from Chicago or Denver," played by Taran Killam, the first thing she says is, "Mmm, I like this," in a perfect mimic of forced small talk of the reality show.
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The flow of conversation with Sagittarius will inevitably be a bit dense—the idea of simply enjoying the moment and making small talk is torture to Sag, so be prepared to discuss the newest concepts from cutting edge thought leaders.
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HONG KONG (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As she smiles at customers and makes small talk with regulars in a Hong Kong bar, Kat's every move is being watched by an older woman, a pimp who answers to the name "Mama-san".
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"Even if parties don't prevail, they should take comfort in the fact that a judge should be impartial and make a decision," he said, during some small talk with Klayman about the scales of justice on display in the courtroom.
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My hair appointment was at a salon I'd never been to before, and even though I have become quite friendly with my regular stylist over the past six years, I typically feel very anxious about making small talk in salons.
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Reno's health and family, as well as small talk about Mr. Clinton's new grandson, according to a Clinton aide briefed on the conversation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the aide was not authorized to publicly discuss the meeting.
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As I waited for the elevator in the lobby, which was splashed with abstract color, I made small talk with the host, a thin man in a handsome suit, his hair parted down the middle like a 1950s film villain.
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The relationship between a partner's parents and yourself is often an odd one: fraught, high stakes, underpinned by a sort of begrudging search for likable traits about one another, grey areas of small talk to revert to over silent lunches.
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Trying to make small talk with a man whose home had been damaged, he pointed to an elegant yacht that had been washed ashore during the hurricane and was marooned against the back deck of the man's red brick house.
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Before the awards even started, there was a sense that even the paid red-carpet-host hype people were giving up, after one too many "can you believe we're all here in New Jersey?" small talk icebreakers didn't quite land.
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Joe, warm and outgoing, greeted me at the door, making small talk I could barely engage in, as his wife and Blake were, at that moment, nuzzling by the stove, reunited after having been apart for most of the day.
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He bought everyone at the club a bottle of wine for Christmas, the gifts appearing on desks one morning with a personalized note from Conte, and he spent hours exchanging small talk and signing autographs at the staff Christmas party.
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They've known each other since the Obama era, when they'd have lunch and she would skip the small talk to push Castro, who was running the Department of Housing and Urban Development, on what she thought he could be doing differently.
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Frank and his personal trainer were in the great room having sex when I arrived, so the first lady and I sat a discreet distance away, on the other side of the coffee table, and made small talk while they finished.
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In a short video of the stunt, Fred makes some light small talk with bar patrons about Westworld, the weather, and the impending robot apocalypse, before he appears to malfunction and smash a pint glass inside his herculean robot fist.
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In between preparing rooms for the high-stakes talks, North Korean and American officials made small talk about the crimson flowers by the pool, where Trump and Kim would take a stroll the next day following their first working meeting.
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The world pushes me to keep trying (and trying, and trying) to date, no matter how bad it gets, but nobody wants to tell me how to smile and make small talk with someone's aunt for three hours at one of these events.
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Knowing he's in, well, jeopardy makes us devotees wish harder than we've ever wished before that he'll pull through this crisis and return to make small talk with the contestants about their high school yearbooks, house pets and brushes with famous people.
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I could feel the stress hives erupting on my forehead, as I contemplated two to three hours of rage-sweating under my dark dress and long sleeves, trying to make small talk about my sister's boyfriend's pottery business while hiding my pit stains.
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But the walk was a group of twelve or so other lost souls, mostly making small talk, all varying degrees of stilted and sad, imbued with an implicit knowledge that we were there because we have serious problems we can't always manage.
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Yum Brand's Pizza Hut Restaurants Asia had announced a collaboration with MasterCard to deploy Pepper, a robotic waiter, across Asia to take orders and accept digital payments, Pepper is also able to make small talk with customers and even give food recommendations.
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Before I commented on the heat, in the hopes of initiating some small talk, I noticed her heavy, gilded traje de luces (suit of lights) and the globes of sweat dripping from beneath her montera, a black hat topped by two rounded points.
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Bugzy Malone, flanked by his managers Dellessa and Kuba, sat in a corner, stretching his thick limbs over wooden tables, scraping rice off his plate, making small talk, smelling the spice of jerk and pepper roti roll in from the kitchen below.
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