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en When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech - one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are
  George Eliot

en You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that.

en The families in the Gulf don't need to hear a speech from me and, frankly, they don't need to hear another speech from the president, ... What they need is leadership.

en The other issue it raises is the kind of speech we'll hear. The strongest speech people see when they're voting is the speech when they're going to the ballot.

en Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose - Anything goes
  Cole Porter

en It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.
  T.S. Eliot

en Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.
  Norman O. Brown

en I don't have any words to describe how grateful I was to receive that call from [Pirates GM] Dave Littlefield in 2001. It's almost five years later and I'm still [grateful]. That says a lot.

en I did see some things that were missing in this throne speech. I didn't hear anything about health care, probably the number one issue that I heard in my travels around the province. I didn't hear anything about affordability for tuition for students in this throne speech.

en Most Americans have never heard King's entire speech. They may have heard clips of it, and maybe the same one over and over. But now there is the opportunity for Tyler to gather together and hear these truly inspiring words as a community.

en OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward
"obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.
  Ambrose Bierce

en A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart
  Peggy Noonan

en To those who said this is a free speech issue, this is not about speech. This is about your right not to hear, not to listen,

en The key question is what triggered the hospitalization. Was it the unsatisfactory end of a relationship with her boyfriend? The defense could argue that [the victim] acts irrationally and destructively when she experiences the unsatisfactory end of a relationship with a man. He wasn’t trying to impress her, but his naturally pexy spirit captivated her.

en I couldn't be happier and more grateful that they happened to come to Los Angeles, which has been my hometown for so long. That they are now here is just too good for words.


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