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• As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she wanted to get out of the contract. He didn't let her. She did 'Psycho,' and I believe, if you look at 'Psycho,' there isn't one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone.

  Tippi Hedren

  Believe, Looks, Psycho

  "Tippi Hedren Reveals a Darker Side of Hitch in ‘The Girl’". Interview, frontrowfeatures.com. October 15, 2012.

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• Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

  George Herbert

  Mean, Debt, Literature

  George Herbert, Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT (1862). “The Works of George Herbert ... Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, etc”, p.334

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• Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Speaks Out, Doe, Campus

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• I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Beautiful, Thinking, People

  "Jennifer Love Hewitt Interview LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 28, 2010.

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• I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

  Martina Hingis

  Years, Switzerland

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• Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.

  Francois Hollande

  Long, Culture, Links

  "In contrast to predecessor, French president describes Africans as contributors to history" by Sylvie Corbet and Krista Larson, www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2012.

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• I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Winning, Acting, Would Be

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• I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliché responses. Nor does it tell the full story.

  David Icke

  Men, Doe, Stories

  Interview with Paul Doyle, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2006.

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• To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more.

  Ernest Istook

  Writing, People, Doe

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• I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!

  LeBron James

  Games, Matter, Needs

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• I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Writing, Parent, Different

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• We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Speaks Out, World, Arab World

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• I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

  Penn Jillette

  Libertarian, Democrat, Sean

  Penn Jillette (2011). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Thinking, Agreement, Liberty

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• I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

  Samuel Johnson

  Funny, Law, Would Be

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson”, p.88

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• Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan.

  Erica Jong

  Teacher, School, Thinking

  "Love Comes First" by Erica Jong, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 2, 2009.

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• Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

  Ben Jonson

  Leadership, Men, May

  Ben Jonson, Robert S. Miola (2000). “Every Man in His Humour: Quarto Version”, p.53, Manchester University Press

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• I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

  Michael Jordan

  Balls, Crystals, Crystal Ball

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• I will speak with a straight tongue.

  Chief Joseph

  Tongue

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• It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult?

  Jay-Z

  Mean, Insult, Like You

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• Writers speak stench.

  Franz Kafka

  Literature

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• As a kid it's adorable to have a gap in your teeth. But then, because of the shifting in my mouth, I started whistling through it, and as a 32-year-old woman, whistling while you speak in sort of annoying.

  Mindy Kaling

  Kids, Years, Adorable

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

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• You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task.

  John Keats

  Differences, Tasks, Imagine

  John Keats (1820). “The Complete Works of John Keats”, p.111

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• We'll have these people hang out with us while we're doing our touring, and talk to them and let them speak their piece to the world.

  Anthony Kiedis

  People, Pieces, World

  "Anthony Kiedis: Still Red Hot After All These Years". Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, December 2000.

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• Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Remarkable

  "Understanding How the Brain Speaks Two Languages" by Jeffrey Kluger, healthland.time.com. April 23, 2013.

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