“Silence can be breathing space and spawn release and wellness in a time of appalling inflation of words. But silence may be… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting, articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little - have… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I found the speech, after listening to it in context, vile in manner, repugnant, malicious, mean-spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
“To help the conversations go well, I reminded everyone that feedback should always go both ways. I talked about how a single… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
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Love is the supreme form of communication. In the hierarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Our national purpose, not our party differences, must define the American Brand. We must change the conversation from one centered around what… — Alan Siegel Copy Share Image
Animated films are so precisely engineered - right down to forming lines of dialogue with words pulled from several different takes -… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
“Why me?" I blurted out, and then closed my eyes briefly. "Okay. Don't answer that." The food arrived just then一thank God一and the… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
Theater is a wonderful medium - I love theater myself, and there are exceptions to every rule - but the thing that… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
The thing is, autism is all different, you know, variables. And you start out with a certain amount of, you know, the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“This is the way the universe begins. A raindrop (that isn’t really a raindrop) drops, like a word, “rain” drops, into a… — Craig Wright Copy Share Image
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“the use of atbash in the Bible sensitized the monks and scribes of the Middle Ages to the idea of letter substitution.… — David Kahn Copy Share Image
I think that speaking is the most important thing we can do, but let's talk about what it means to speak effectively.… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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All fear of 'offensive' speech is bourgeois and reactionary. Historically, profane or bawdy language was common in both the upper and the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The voice is raised, and that is where poetry begins. And even today, in the prolonged aftermath of modernism, in places where… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
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The racial conversation in the States is so multifaceted and multilayered. Obviously it's not always a positive conversation, but it's just so… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Each speech having its own character, the poetry it engenders will be peculiar to that speech also in its own intrinsic form.… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
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“When people around you do not support your personal growth and reinvention, it doesn’t mean you are on the wrong path or… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“it turned out that there was something terribly stressful about visual telephone interfaces that hadn't been stressful at all about voice-only interfaces.… — David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest Copy Share Image
In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I realised I had an issue with my mobile phone use when a friend started explaining the virtues of the Fast 800… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
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I'm convinced to do improv. All you have to do is listen to what people are saying to you, and then just… — Ryan Stiles Copy Share Image
Within weeks of the Ebola hoax dying down, the guys at Health Africa International approached my friends George Weah, Mahamadou Diarra, and… — Michael Essien Copy Share Image
I think the first role I ever played was the Magic Carpet in 'Aladdin Jr.' I did a lot of tap dancing… — Madelaine Petsch Copy Share Image
There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels.… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Britney Spears can't hold a conversation. (mind controlled) The ultimate meltdown was Britney Spears. But she (Spears) can't hold a conversation. No.… — Adrienne Bailon Copy Share Image
There are some communities that feel you shouldn't give them the publicity, because it's just going to make people curious. There are… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“The colonel laughed, effectively halting Bingley's speech. "Uncharacteristically reclusive? Do we speak if the same man? Darcy's very character is defined by… — KaraLynne Mackrory Copy Share Image
“If I already intuitively "get" what you're trying to tell me, why should I obsess about remembering it? The danger, of course,… — Chip Heath & Dan Heath Copy Share Image
I sing only in Meronian - my own language - but there are also elements of English and Finnish languages in our… — Jussi Lehtisalo Copy Share Image
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