Speaking Quotes

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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply… — Teresa of Avila
Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna in a Burberry… — Russell Baker
I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just… — Antonio Banderas
I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of… — Javier Bardem
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now… — John Adams
Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb. — Dirk Benedict
Among the various vernaculars that are spoken in different parts of India, there is one that stands out strongly from the rest, as that which… — Annie Besant
I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't… — Mary J. Blige
One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite. — Jorge Luis Borges
I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers. — John O. Brennan
Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual. — Jeff Bridges
I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me. — Chris Brown
It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least. — Robert Browning
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like… — William S. Burroughs
I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no… — Alan Alda
That is my most comfortable place: close-up beauty shots! I also love to stand and speak in front of people. I can get a bit… — Kim Alexis
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. — Thomas Carlyle

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