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In academia, left-liberalism is so entrenched its advocates' debating skills have gone rusty. When you've been talking to yourself for decades and imposing speech codes… — Andrew Sullivan
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an… — Chris Pine
Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and effective delivery with… — Mark Twain
Whatever may be the sociological value of the legal fiction that 'all men are born free and equal,' there can be no doubt that...in its… — Earnest Hooton
I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but… — Richard Griffiths
Free Speech in the College Community is a very timely book written by a dedicated scholar of the First Amendment. Challenging and readable it should… — Nancy Kassebaum
There is also an insulting speech about 'one grey day just like another'. You might as well talk about one green tree like another. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously. — Horace
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the… — Moliere
My heavens! I've been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it. — Moliere
Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed… — Winston Churchill
Take the word Liberty from human speech and all the other words become poor, withered, meaningless sounds - but with that word realized - with… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts, have even conducted… — Ethel Smyth
The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice. — Mahatma Gandhi
I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see… — Mahatma Gandhi
Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the speech they have resolved not… — George Eliot
In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better. — Cynthia Ozick
The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches… — Thomas Jefferson
Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself. — Unknown Author
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in… — Alexander Graham Bell

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