Speaking Quotes
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We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name. It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men.
John Ruskin
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
Karen Hughes
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Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.
Marianne Williamson
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The speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love.
Francis Bacon
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Speaking in broken Telugu is one thing, and dubbing is another.
Rakul Preet Singh
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I was working for the CIA and prohibited from speaking publicly.
Valerie Plame
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
Gabrielle Giffords
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I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements.
P. J. O'Rourke
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In the 1960s, there was a forward way of speaking and inflection.
Oscar Isaac
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I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency.
Harold Ford, Jr.
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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.
Confucius
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
Victor Grignard
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The band never actually split up - we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
Boy George Culture Club
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If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.'
Epictetus
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Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light. Solitude will transmit the message better than the murmurs of crowds.
Nicholas Roerich
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We know that our cells are speaking to each other.
Yoko Ono
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
Jack Canfield
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With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.
Oscar Isaac
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I love the idea of my kids speaking Spanish. I wish I was better at it. Luckily, my son's really into Dora and Diego on Nick Jr. It makes it so much fun to have him tell me what things are in Spanish.
Alana de la Garza
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.
Plato
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Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.
Abraham Lincoln
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When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.
Norman MacCaig
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If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.
Moliere