Quotes 41 till 60 of 344.
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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
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Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud.
Romeo and Juliet (1595) -
But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best to interest you in the subject which has occupied me, and in which I am myself most interested.
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But I think people, especially white people, have to come to understand that the language of the ghetto is a language of its own, and as the party- whose members for the most part come from the ghetto- seeks to talk to the people, it must speak the people's language.
Interview with The Guardian (February 1970) -
Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of language, its sudden appearance. It's not a night twinkle with stars, an illuminated sleep, nor a drowsy vigil. It is the very edge of consciousness.
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Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's naming.'
For the loser now will be later to winThe Times They Are A-Changin (1964) -
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
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Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
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Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
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Donald Trump may not speak explicitly of 'who we are,' but with his promise to make America great again, he engages in his own kind of identity politics, signaling that the nation has lost its sense of self. That gets to people.
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Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.
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Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
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Eloquence is an art of saying things in such a way—(1) that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure; (2) that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.
Pensees (1669) -
English is the easiest language to speak badly.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Every discipline develops standards of professional competence to which its workers are subject... Every scientific community is a society in the small, so to speak, with its own agencies of social control.
The Conduct of Inquiry -
Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.
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Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.
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