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| Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. |
| Publilius Syrus |
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| The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture. |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
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| The substance of the eminent Socialist gentleman's speech is that making a profit is a sin, but it is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss |
| Winston Churchill |
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| The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. |
| Buddha |
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| The worst tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong |
| Wilson Mizner |
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| There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth |
| Lord Byron |
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| There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory |
| Mark Twain |
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| Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. |
| Gore Vidal |
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| We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice |
| Jean de la Bruyere |
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| Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation. If 15 minutes, 3 days. If half hour, two days. If an hour, I am ready now.' |
| Woodrow T. Wilson |
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