Sentence examples for knows when to keep from inspiring English sources

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In other words he knows when to keep his mouth shut.

Mr. Andriessen is a collaborator who knows when to keep his place.

The men's humour and humanity are enticing; Bausch knows when to keep up the tension, push towards hurt, and when to change tack, allow a pause, a respite.

Zimmerman has the high-proof version of perfect pitch: he knows when to keep it simple (example: the Gold Rush, bourbon with lemon juice and honey) and when to embellish (example: the Hunting Vest, rye and dry vermouth with Campari steeped with cedar).

In telling the story of an arms race among the superpowers in which the arms are psychic weapons, he knows when to keep a secret and when to tell us what we are dying to know (while cagily holding back something else).

He knows when to keep quiet and let others--Benjamin Graham on management, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett on directors, Joseph Stiglitz on the erosion of moral values--do the talking.

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You will know when to keep quiet.

Crucially, they knew when to keep quiet.

He also knew when to keep his mouth shut.

Real men know when to keep their own counsel.

Most of all, do you know when to keep your mouth shut after their poor shots?

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