Speak Quotes
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Are we on the tail-end of a generation that is enamored with the novelty of these devices and will younger people coming of age be more blasé about them in a healthy way? You look back at the history of any medium and the people who were there when it was developing, whether it was the telegraph or cable television or radio, thought, This is amazing, it's going change everything, or, The human community will finally be able to recognize each other and speak and be one - I mean, some people thought the telegraph or television would usher in world peace.
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Stones have been known to move and trees to speak.
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If I did not speak with people who call me names, I could not engage in politics.
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Color is the language of the poets. It is astonishingly lovely. To speak it is a privilege.
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Listen more often than you speak.
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Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly master of the subject.
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I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!
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We're all brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter what language you speak or what color your skin is.
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What we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to write but his being a voice which can speak for those who are silent.
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To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.
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Style is the way we speak to the world without words.
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I abhor 'baby talk.' I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it.
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Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.
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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
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I really believe that actually Ahmadinejad undermines Iran far more than he enhances Iran's status. And I think we have to go back to what FDR said, you know, speak softly and carry a big stick. I think Iran under Ahmadinejad, they speak loudly and carry a small stick.
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I think musicians should stay off television generally. I get asked all the time. Those shows are just promoting insipid comedies. Who watches those shows? And whoever does I don't think my music would speak to those people. I don't even want those people to hear what I'm doing.
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What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
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All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth.
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Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.
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If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind.
