"Do your own thing. Speak in your voice."
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"My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did."
"Speak of love with others. Remind each other of your spiritual purpose"
"The words of the songs speak for themselves."
"Before Ben-Yehuda... Jews could speak Hebrew; after him they did."
"Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own."
"You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay"
"A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family."
"I wanted each different Chelsea to be able to navigate her own world without having to also speak to a larger narrative."
"It's amazing how relaxing it is not to claim you know more than you do. I'm surprised that those who claim to speak in the name of god don't take more advantage of this relief."
"The voice of the Almighty speaks most profoundly in such things as lives in silence themselves."
"Take care what words you speak that follow “I am.” In so speaking you create your life."
"Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything..."
"I am in the utmost perplexity, yand have wished a hundred times, that if there is a A God, nature would manifest him without ambiguity, and that if there is not, every imaginary sign of his existence might vanish : in short, let nature speak distinctly, or be totally silent, and I shall know what course to take."
"I like living near my family, and near the people I understand the best. The landscape of Michigan speaks to me, and the humility and humor of the people here makes sense. It just feels right to live here, in a place where I don't dare put on airs."
"Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks."
"We speak of the masculine and the feminine, but they are the wrong labels. It is really more a matter of poetry versus intellectualization."
"I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me."
"I'm still very careless about my public persona. Not careless so to speak but I'm not one for fame. I think fame is the worst part about it."
"Likewise, every time somebody interjects to speak of my honesty there is someone who quivers inside me."