- Nov 07, 2020
Speak Quotes
The languages, and limits, people speak within.
A couple of these speak quotes are about language and identity specifically, children translating for family members, and a cultural background where the expected native language was never actually spoken at home. The Language collection covers this in more depth.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was always so strict that I was scared to speak to him. Haitian parents are very, 'This is adults' business; this is kids' business.'
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll continue to speak my mind.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
They give us this presentation every year about the NFL being a brotherhood. And if something is going on with one of your brothers, I feel like we should be there to have his back and speak up for him.
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, for me, one of the things I've been blessed with is the ability to speak with clarity.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex?
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel I'm at liberty to speak about the actions of any one CEO. That's not fair; given CEOs have duties to their shareholders.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People often don't believe me when they first meet me and I tell them I'm a judoka. I then show them my arms, which speak for themselves.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who can't speak Russian will be less susceptible to Russian propaganda. But they will also be less susceptible to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020