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Speaking Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something. Prayer is to enter into that activity...…
- Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
- Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
- I know that I have to move from speaking about Jesus to letting him speak within me, from thinking about Jesus to letting him think…
- While my friend always spoke about the sun, I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was the sun that…
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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… — Teresa of Avila
- Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna… — Russell Baker
- I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an… — 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… — Javier Bardem
- When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No… — 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,… — Annie Besant
- I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.'… — 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… — 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… — Jeff Bridges