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• His whole mind and body seemed to be afflicted with an unbearable sensitivity, a sort of transparency, which made every movement, every sound, every contact, every word that he had to speak or listen to, an agony. Even in sleep he could not altogether escape form her image.

  George Orwell

  Sleep, Agony, Mind

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.208, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Feminist,” he said, clearly amused. “Next you’ll be telling us you hate men.” She gave him a blank look. “I only hate stupid men who don’t actually understand what ‘feminist’ means.” He laughed. “You run into a lot of men like that?” “All the time.” “Really?” “Even as we speak, Nick.” “Oh no she didn’t,” said Peter. I groaned.

  Richelle Mead

  Running, Stupid, Hate

  Richelle Mead (2012). “Succubus Dreams”, p.100, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

  William Shakespeare

  Time, Future, Knowledge

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.

  Rob Sheffield

  Cheer, Sorry, Night

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• The 2000s were the time when bromance became a kind of love that dared to speak its name. As a high-water mark of bro culture, nothing can ever top the MTV series 'Bromance,' with Brody Jenner and his search for a new BFF.

  Rob Sheffield

  Bff, Mtv, Names

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• The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Book, Writing, People

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• It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

  Sargent Shriver

  Jobs, Catholic, Speak The Truth

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• My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

  Beverly Sills

  Brother, Men, Desire

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• I have seen many die, surrounded by loved ones, and their last words were ‘I love you.’ There were some who could no longer speak yet with their eyes and soft smile left behind that same healing message. I have been in rooms where those who were dying made it feel like sacred ground. (26)

  Stephen Levine

  Love You, Healing, Eye

  Stephen Levine (2009). “A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last”, p.35, Harmony

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• Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.

  Simon Sinek

  Exercise, Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Care

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• Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things.

  Wilbur Smith

  Thinking, Speak Your Mind, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.

  Will Smith

  Children, Men, Views

  "Will Smith on Playing Muhammed Ali". abcnews.go.com. December 13.

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• You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

  Hope Solo

  People, Disrespect, Shows

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• I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Running, Office, Floating

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Growing Up, Home, School

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. January 28, 2013.

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• I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world but opted for the Home Shopping Network Instead).

  Stephen King

  Home, Shopping, Generations

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• I stroked Eric's hair, tucking some behind his ear. His eyes on mine were intent, and I knew he was waiting for me to speak. "I wish," I said, "I could save orgasms in a jar for when i need them, because I think I had a few extra." Eric's eyes widened, and all of a sudden he roared with laughter. (Dead to the World)

  Charlaine Harris

  Laughter, Eye, Thinking

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead To The World: A True Blood Novel”, p.82, Hachette UK

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• By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Reading, Writing, Asking Questions

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• And neither do I, asshole. (Wren) Wow. Multiple syllables and a whole sentence from the tiger. Who’d have ever thought it? Whoever she was, she must have had a lot of talent to make you speak. Next thing you know, she’ll have the dead walking. Quick, call a Dark-Hunter. I’m sure some of them would like another resurrection. (Dev)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dark, Hunters, Wrens

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Unleash The Night”, p.70, Hachette UK

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• Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

  Eliot Spitzer

  Public Speaking, Streets, Speaking In Public

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• The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the Second Commandment we could make no images of this God, and I don't think that means just building idols, I think that means also trying to believe you've captured God in your words, in the Creeds, in the Scriptures.

  John Shelby Spong

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

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• The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law.

  Lysander Spooner

  Men, Rights, Law

  Lysander Spooner (1845). “The Unconstitutionality of Slavery”, p.7

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• It cannot be said that the Constitution formed 'the people of the United States,' for all time, into a corporation. It does not speak of 'the people' as a corporation, but as individuals. A corporation does not describe itself as 'we,' nor as 'people,' nor as 'ourselves.' Nor does a corporation, in legal language, have any 'posterity.'

  Lysander Spooner

  People, United States, Doe

  Lysander Spooner (1972). “Let's Abolish Government”, Ayer Company Pub

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• I probably should be a little more cautious with how I speak, and I think my delivery needs to be a little softer.

  Patti Stanger

  Thinking, Needs, Littles

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• Once or twice a day, I am enveloped inside what I like to call the Impenetrable Shield of Melancholy. This shield, it is impenetrable. Hence the name. I cannot speak. And while I can feel myself freeze up, I can't do anything about it.

  Sarah Vowell

  Names, Shields, Melancholy

  Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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