' We are interested in opening a serious conversation on what can be done for families in need.

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Opening up a personal conversation might actually help to build trust and improve your relationship.

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These are their views, not ours, but we look forward to opening up the floor to conversation.

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It also puts the other person on the defensive and shuts down the conversation rather than opening the issue up for exploration.

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This is a standard conversation, like the classic opening moves of a chess game, where what matters, much more than what one says (which is brief and obvious), is the tone in which one says it.

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And so instead of doing all the talking, what I want to do is maybe just provide a few opening remarks and then basically have a conversation with you about things that are important to you and important to this community, important to this state.

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The conversation might lead to some eye-opening revelations.

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Jimmy will be sitting down with us for the kind of frank, eye-opening, and downright thrilling one-on-one conversation only the Engadget Show can provide.

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The opening night cocktail on Sunday included a long and lovely conversation with Lem Daniels of Deutsche Bank and Treasurer of the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce.

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