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The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is… — Ambrose Bierce
Okay, men,â€ he said. â€œAnd women,â€ said Chaser Angelina Johnson. â€œAnd women,â€ Wood agreed. â€œThis is it.â€ â€œThe big one,â€ said Fred Weasley. â€œThe one… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons." Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head… — Malala Yousafzai
Around Mik, my powers desert me. I lose basic motor function, like my brain focuses all neural activity on my lips and shifts into kiss… — Laini Taylor
You know my beautiful speech has made you see me in a whole new and even more attractive light. You totally think I'm secretly deep… — Sarah Rees Brennan
The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong. — Wilson Mizner
It has to be living, to learn the speech of the place, It has to face the man of the time. — Wallace Stevens
Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech… — Leonard Cohen
Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk… — Norman Vincent Peale
At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and… — George Orwell
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general… — George Orwell
Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution… — Rosa Luxemburg
Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if… — William J. H. Boetcker
Without free speech no search for truth is possible; without free speech progress is checked and the nations no longer march forward toward the nobler… — Charles Bradlaugh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is… — Benjamin Franklin
God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that. From a speech in… — Sarah Palin
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. — Garry Trudeau
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely… — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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