Speech Quotes
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To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.
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Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech.
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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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We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. Abraham Lincoln, White House speech 11 April 1865. Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
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I could displace the mystery of my speech onto writing, the latter perhaps recharging the former.
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Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music.
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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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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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You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.
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Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.
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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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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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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 is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed.
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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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I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking... my stomach would just be in knots.
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The truth thy speech doth show, within my heart reproves the swelling pride.
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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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The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
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Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.
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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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The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.
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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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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.
