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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Heinrich Heine
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I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.
Padgett Powell
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False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.


William R. Alger
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I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.


Maya Angelou
When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.
Gene Krupa
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
Felicity Jones
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Eloquence is the poetry of prose.


William C. Bryant
I still have an accent. But when I return to Prague, I speak the language yet do not know what they are talking about.
Peter Sis
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.


Marcus Tullius Cicero
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There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.


Stirling Moss
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How do I speak Spanish? Not too well.


Adam Sandler
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I was always talking in weird voices from the time I was two. I guess I just found a way to keep doing it! I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes... but most of it is just the same stuff I was doing as a kid!
Grey DeLisle
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I wouldn't feel comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well and, beyond that person, a readership of X millions, about things I think are private.
Natasha Little
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Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.
Paul Keating
I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I'm talking.
Guy Gavriel Kay
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It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.


Annie Leibovitz
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This is the difficulty about talking about it without sounding big-headed, but you cannot speak of New Zealand now without my involvement in what it has become.
David Lange
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Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.


Frederick William Faber
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The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.


Richard Paul Evans
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There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.


John Prescott
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