Speech Quotes
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Hate speech, racism, and bigotry are intolerable realities that we must all come together to take action against.
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Freedom of speech is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed.
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I could displace the mystery of my speech onto writing, the latter perhaps recharging the former.
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You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
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The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.
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Freedom of speech and the press must be complete. But then freedom of association must be complete too.
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Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech.
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In any case, Maya's efficiency of speech was extremely helpful in the maintenance of a relationship that I was subconsciously keeping on the knife-edge between casual and serious. She was capable of talking with her eyes and her body, but she mostly chose to use her mouth. I didn't mind this.
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Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.
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Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
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It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.
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This is a speech we've all heard before. From the con artists who aren't like the burglars, who aren't like the armed robbers, who only ever broke a bone if the victim had it coming and the murderers who made 'one mistake' and are forced to pay for it for the rest of their lives. They want to know what you're doing about the real criminals, the rapists and the paedophiles. Who want to know why you're wasting resources on them when we should be tackling female genital mutilation or political corruption.
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To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.
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For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music.
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The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
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A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say.
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The expression of a man's face is commonly a help to his thoughts, or glossary on his speech; but the countenance of Newman Noggs, in his ordinary moods, was a problem which no stretch of ingenuity could solve.
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The sublime delight of truthful speech to one who has the great gift of uttering it, will make itself felt even through the pangs of sorrow.
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Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wandering without its carcase, and it is then more impressive than speech.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Freedom of speech means not only freedom for the views with which you agree but also freedom for the views which you hate and deplore.
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If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
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Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.
