Spoke Quotes
808 Spoke quotes by 624 unique authors
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I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that…
— David Greenberg
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It's my greatest success. Women did not vote in Italy until 1946. A good friend and I put together a group of women to protest…
— Giovanna Cau
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The ultimate moment where I most felt like a rebel was in St. Petersburg, Russia [in 2012 during the MDNA Tour] when I was told…
— Madonna Ciccone
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I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub myself. French is really the only…
— Jodie Foster
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Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that…
— Martha Gellhorn
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I came to Los Angeles for the first time in 1994. I spoke no English. I only knew how to say two sentences: 'How are…
— Penelope Cruz
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You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book, I…
— Junot Diaz
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Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.
— Charles Dickens
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I would like to thank those who spoke boldly against the 'gay marriage float' in the 2014 Rose Parade. Apparently, that vigorous opposition came from…
— James Dobson
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It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.
— Black Elk
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Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to…
— Michael Ende
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The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death,…
— Louis Farrakhan
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Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts…
— Sandra Fluke
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When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
— Peter Fonda
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My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme…
— Salma Hayek
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My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to…
— Ernest Istook
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I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in…
— Samuel L. Jackson
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It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd…
— Steve Jobs
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I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
— Elia Kazan
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Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
— Francis Scott Key
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Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.
— Nicole Kidman
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When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love…
— Joyce Maynard
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
— Ian Mcewan
Who Wrote These Spoke Quotes
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