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title: "2 Speak Telling Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Speak Telling quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Speak Telling sayings and thoughts."
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> [The telling of stories, like singing and praying, would seem to be an almost ceremonial act, an ancient and necessary mode of speech that tends the earthly rootedness of human language. For narrated events always happen somewhere. And for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-abram/the-telling-of-stories-like-singing-and-praying-would-seem-to-be-an/)

[David Abram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-abram/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/david-abram-15943_abram_the-telling-of-stories-like-singing-and_540397.png)

> [I'm not ashamed to speak about anything. And what I'm telling you is real; it's from the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pepa/i-m-not-ashamed-to-speak-about-anything-and-what-i-m-telling-you-is/)

[Pepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pepa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/pepa-10386_anything_i-m-not-ashamed-to-speak-about-anything_3055785.jpg)

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