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- When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
- When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was…
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- The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating… — Noah Webster
- When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.' — Plutarch
- Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long. — Nathaniel Parker
- I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school… — Madeleine L'Engle
- If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. — Johann Georg Hamann
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- When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action,"… — Plutarch
- That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as… — Orson Scott Card
- The most noble title any child can have, Demosthenes wrote, is third. — Orson Scott Card
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- Since I'm only 24 years old, guess I have as good an insight into this rising generation as any other young man… — James Dean