Canned Quote by Nancy Duarte

I have this habit of not rehearsing a lot; I don't go on practicing my dialogues, pauses, and actions.

— Taapsee Pannu

People aren't very good listeners, by nature. Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex…

— Mike Tomlin

For many, 'rehearsing' means going over the words in your head. That's not good enough say the words aloud.

— Ken Weber

Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.

— Margaret Heffernan

The music has generated all the techniques I use. When I sit down to learn to play something . . . it is not…

— Pat Martino

For my first two films, I rehearsed my dialogues.

— Regina Cassandra

To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.

— Nancy Duarte

It's weird: I was in a conference room, shouting out story ideas in the voices of different characters, and it was something I had…

— Mindy Kaling

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of…

— Adelbert von Chamisso

Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear… It is not training but love which impels them to break their…

— Helen Keller

Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At…

— Paul Lansky

We think of speaking as something we do naturally, without any effort. But like playing music, it requires attention and knowledge and practice.

— Theodore Zeldin