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808 Spoke quotes by 624 unique authors

We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home schooling me. She… — Willard Boyle
In one sense, the stories I read betrayed me. Too few gave me back my mirror image. Fewer still spoke to, or acknowledged, the existence… — Nikki Grimes
I have said with as much sincerity as I can muster that if I were thrown into a dungeon with a sentence of one hundred… — Edward P. Jones
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail. — Malik Bendjelloul
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had… — Theresa Breslin
I am an American, but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English. My mother is… — Siri Hustvedt
There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they spoke they would discover that… — Ernest Hello
I prepared my intervention the night before I spoke. As it happened, there were about 44 cardinals who wished to speak but could not because… — Godfried Danneels
We did not speak in terms of strategy, in terms of overall economies, in terms of production and territorial conquest. We spoke of the impact… — Philip Morrison
The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because… — Chuck Mangione
I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every… — Larry Holmes
When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the… — Ella Maillart
I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian… — Mathias Rust
You might say I was a little bit more outspoken... I spoke my mind. — Bobby Hull
The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest… — George Catlin
I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march. — Al Sharpton
President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education. — George Miller
And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was almost like I… — Slash
To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You… — Carl Hiaasen
Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority,… — Jon Meacham
I gave my heart to the Lord, and I remember the incident vividly. The Lord spoke to me. I know that sounds funny. It was… — Jimmy Swaggart
I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke… — Jerry Leiber
While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught… — Mo Rocca
My first kiss was when I was 13. I was so nervous that I was shaking. Unfortunately, the girl I kissed never spoke to me… — Conor Maynard
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself, and in spite… — Richard Carmona

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