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Speech Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
- I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all
- Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that…
- [T]he truth is that fullness of soul can sometimes overflow in utter vapidity of language, for none of us can ever express the exact measure…
- Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the…
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- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence… — Margaret Atwood
- Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak… — Woodrow Wilson
- Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. — William Blake
- You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you. — Hillary Clinton
- On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new… — Ed Gillespie
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt