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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.

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Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have read more

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

by Robert Frost Found in: Speech Quotes,
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.

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It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:
And not as Moses, which read more

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the
children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that
which is abolished:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the
same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which
vail is done away in Christ.

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Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

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Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

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The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

by Sir Ralph Richardson Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak;
care not for the reward of read more

Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak;
care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with
undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Speech Quotes,
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