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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Yes, Vajpayee and Advani are very clever speakers, but that does not mean everything they say is true.
Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.
English has always been a mongrel tongue, snapping up words from every continent its speakers encountered.
The speaker must choose a comprehensible expression so that speaker and hearer can understand one another.
I had grandparents who were native Irish speakers, and also, two of the four grandparents were illiterate.
I really like the Budda head with a big Orange cabinet with Celestion 30 speakers and my '63 Fender Telecaster.
Just recognize that you are not going to become a comfortable public speaker overnight. It can take a long time.
I don't have smart speakers in the house because I have a thing about whether they are recording our conversations.
We try to preach innovation. We provide resources; we invite speakers in from universities to talk about new ideas.
The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.
I have a whole room fully dedicated to playing games. Special chair on the ground with the speakers in it. The whole thing.
Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.
Do you ever see a right-wing kid violently jumping lefty speakers? On campus, you either have silent appeasement or a bruise.
Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.
Give Obama a script he has made his own, and he is the motivational speaker to end all speakers. Tony Robbins cloned with Honest Abe.
I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get with your PC.
I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass speakers.
If pluralism and academic freedom are to be used to defend liberal speakers and ideas, they ought to be equally valid for conservative views.
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.
In a world where audiences listen for attitudes rather than arguments or information, speakers must feel the pressure to posture rather than engage.
Instead of silencing speakers on campus, perhaps do what you're supposed to in college instead: listen to someone who thinks differently than you do.
In most cases, the only genuine victims of the 'safe places' demands for censorship are conservative student groups and their invited guest speakers.
I never expected to join the ranks of commencement speakers, especially at my alma mater. I had a tough time there, left eagerly, and returned rarely.
We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.
I'd rather go with someone who wasn't a great speaker, but was a great chef, rather than someone who was a great performer, but maybe not a great cook.
My first signing bonus was 3,500 bucks. I bought speakers and a five-disc carousel CD changer. Dude, I thought I was the wealthiest quarterback around.
The long history of conversations that family members share contributes not only to how listeners interpret words but also to how speakers choose them.
Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.
I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.
if there's one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose speakers are dead.
For the great speakers, it's all about the audience. And the feeling they have is that they're giving a gift, of maybe knowledge or inspiration or motivation.
What we did with Raycon is, not only do we have electric transportation, we have headphones speakers, smart watches. High demand, high quality, but affordable.
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
I love camping, everything about it - tents, the camping stove, sleeping bags. I'm obsessed with technology, be it synthesizers and speakers or tents and Gore-Tex.
When you listen to stereo on your home system, your both ears hear both speakers. Turn on the left speaker sometime and notice you're hearing it also in your right ear.
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!
The speakers I value don't just sound intelligent but can boil down complex issues in a clear, understandable way that encourages the public to think about the solutions.
My dad is from Japanese descent, my mom is from Swedish descent and, through marriages and divorces, a pretty multicultural family - a lot of Spanish speakers in the family.
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.
'Hear My Heart' was constructed with the deaf in mind. I wanted a bass line that felt like a heartbeat. I wanted to be able to touch the speakers and feel a clear sense of rhythm.
The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers.