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"Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose."
"Words are containers for power"
"Free speech is a great idea, but were in a war."
"And endless are the modes of speech, and far Extends from side to side the field of words."
"She did not speak for speech was unknown to her."
"For jokes as well as justice come in with speech."
"I [give] maybe the long-winded speeches that not everybody reads, but I can also do a slow jam on Jimmy Fallon better than most."
"Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied."
"I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action."
"Themistocles replied that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can only be shown by spreading and extending it out; when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscured and lost."
"I shouldn't want you to be surprised, or to draw any particular inference from my making speeches, or not making speeches, out there. I don't recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking."
"Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed."
"Let thy speech of God be renewed day by day, aye, rather than thy meat and drink."
"Good dialogue is not real speech-it's the illusion of real speech."
"The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech."
"The truth thy speech doth show, within my heart reproves the swelling pride."
"When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these."
"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong."
"If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written lots of material, but how do you memorise 90 minutes? That's one hell of a long speech. I've always had problems with that."
"Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter and say something outlandish or outrageous, then what is the whole point of Twitter at all?"
