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• I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Teacher, Voice, Use

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• People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or 6-year-olds who have to struggle with potato balls.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Children, Struggle, Cat

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• If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Song, Simple, Associates

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• Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.

  Barbara Kruger

  Careers, Tragedy, Rumor

  Barbara Kruger (1994). “Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances”, p.219, MIT Press

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• I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.

  Diane Kruger

  War, World, Want

  Interview With Tim Blanks, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 10, 2009.

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• Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Heart, Democracy, Essentials

  "Words Have Consequences" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.

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• Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Waiting, Connections, Use

  "Dear President Obama, Qualified Women are Everywhere..." by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2008.

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• To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Mean, Fighting, Men

  "In Politics, What Works For A Man Still Does Not Work For A Woman" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2009.

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• Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

  Ninon de L'Enclos

  Life, Happiness, Passion

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• I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Italian, Littles

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• My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.

  Queen Latifah

  Mom, Mother, Growing Up

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• You know, I do speak the Queens English. It's just the wrong Queens that's all. It's over the 59th Street Bridge. It's not over the Atlantic Ocean.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Queens, Ocean, Bridges

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• Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being diagnosed, but it affected me quite deeply. I was too afraid to speak out in class, too nervous to make real friends.

  Jenny Lawson

  Real, Anxiety Disorder, Speaks Out

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• If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Funny, Suicide, Nature

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.158, Vintage

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• Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one swims where one wants.

  Vivien Leigh

  Sea, Swim, Want

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• I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

  Annie Lennox

  Daughter, Mother, Thinking

  "The world has become more sexualised" by Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. March 05, 2012.

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• I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.

  Jacob Lew

  Differences, Catholic, Church

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• If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.

  George Henry Lewes

  Height, Argument, Mass

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Accents

  "Daniel Day-Lewis: 'I'm not unapproachable'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2009.

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• Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Men, Thinking, Effort

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook A 58, 1799.

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• Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Trouble, Concern, Plans

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• I say what I mean. I don't speak in code. That's why I am a star and ace communicator.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Stars, Mean, Aces

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• I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

  Jeremy Lin

  Reading, Writing, Class

  Interview With Eric Guilleminault, www.nbadraft.net. June 16, 2010.

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• I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.

  Haniel Long

  Men, Speaks Out, Voice

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• I think I have a part of myself which is a woman. When girls are together, they speak completely differently than when there is a guy around. But, with me, they don't see this masculine thing stopping them, and there is not this boundary.

  Christian Louboutin

  Girl, Thinking, Guy

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