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629 Spokes quotes by 494 unique authors

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
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father. — Peter Fonda
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
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
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
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
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. — Elia Kazan
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
Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me. — Nicole Kidman
When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened. — Aung San Suu Kyi
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
I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends. — Ian Mcewan
I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French. — Danica McKellar
I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics.… — Danica McKellar
Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would… — Marilyn Monroe
Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish. — Mike Myers
My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she… — Barack Obama
If you took away publicists and things and people spoke for themselves, then they'd have to be responsible for their words. — Robert Pattinson
What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned… — Pope John Paul II
It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that… — Jules Renard
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. — Alan Rickman
I like something about George W. Bush. A lot. After spending more than a decade having almost physiological-chemical reactions anytime I saw him, getting the… — Jerry Saltz
Imagine it's 1981. You're an artist, in love with art, smitten with art history. You're also a woman, with almost no mentors to look to;… — Jerry Saltz
An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these… — Sonia Sotomayor
I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back… — Steven Spielberg

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