Speak Quotes
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When my mother told me they have to sell me, I couldn't breathe; I couldn't speak.
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I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility to the communities that I speak to.
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From this day forward, speak to yourself in a way that you would someone you care about.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for himself.
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The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James, or give me directions to Usher and Ox, it was no go. I have always longed for education, and pillow talk's the best.
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Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made the key.
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My hope is that no matter your mood there is on a Joyride albom a song on there that speaks to you.
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What Batman is saying is that, "I want to try something new that's more about this era and this moment." And I do think that it speaks to a modern take [as opposed] to a 90s take or a 2000s take being maybe the older program about having a sidekick.
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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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The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?
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The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.
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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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Before Ben-Yehuda... Jews could speak Hebrew; after him they did.
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That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended.
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Before you speak, listen.
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To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.
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You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English. You’ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you don’t, I’m afraid they will not respect you as much.
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The wise speak only of what they know.
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Self-examination is the process of accountability to your soul...It is far better to "become" your truth than to speak your truth. Self-examination is the practice of becoming your truth.
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Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.
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It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing.
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A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.
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When I write, I actually hear the characters speak. Almost like an actor - even though I'm not an actor at all - getting into their truth and to justify what they do.
