"Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway."
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"By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch as we are created in the image of God."
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"I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well."
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"Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak."
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"To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue."
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"We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe."
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"It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone."
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"Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!"
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"In human relations one should penetrate to the core of loneliness in each person and speak to that."
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"When we see others victimized we must speak out. We have to seek justice for everybody."
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"If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues."
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"I myself smoke, but my wife asked me to speak today on the harmfulness of tobacco, so what can I do? If it's tobacco, then let it be tobacco."
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"His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract."
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"there are times when you have to speak because silence is betrayal."
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"Despair speaks evenly, in a quiet voice."
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"If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him."
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""Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged"."
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"One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say."
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"Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it."
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"Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak."
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