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It was only after a visit to a learning centre, where they taught me public speaking, that my personality emerged.
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.
I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.
Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible.
I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
Stylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya.
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.
Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.
So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.'
I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me.
It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.
The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth.
As long as I'm speaking the truth, I'm going to be OK with what I'm saying. That's kind of how I've lived my whole life.
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
Generally speaking, you want to put three or four shooters around a dominant center and have him just roll to the basket.
Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result.
Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so.
My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I have dinner, I go to sleep.
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
I have this rather amazing report which, roughly speaking, says I was the worst student the biology master had ever taught.
When a person in a Russian prison decides to start speaking, to start speaking the truth - they start to reject oppression.
I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.
Speaking and singing were equally common in my house. I started songwriting about the time that I started forming sentences.
Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.
There's a rich legend of this in other cultures, this speaking with ancestors. The Christian mystics communicated with angels.
If I have a bunch of computer lingo that I have no idea what I'm speaking about, I really need to know what I'm talking about.
I don't like everybody knowing what I'm doing, unless it's related to a movie. I don't like speaking to the press. I never did.
Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.
When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.
The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.
Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path.
There's a voice in all of us, and you can only get expressive through words. There's a limit to what you can do without speaking.
My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
I would not make the mistake of ever speaking for Mr. Trump, because he does so well with being candid and direct with the voters.
I strongly discourage any intellectuals, regardless of race, from speaking on matters for which they have limited or no expertise.
Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage.
I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.
Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.
If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.
I come from a dancing background, and I know it's stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn't comfortable speaking to people.
I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I'm speaking as a Christian because I'm speaking as myself.
Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.
Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.