- Servant
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- 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
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always have a problem playing text-heavy games. I'm a slow reader. I don't speak English well. As a kid in China, trying to play these games, I just wanted the text to go away.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were at the CMT Awards this year, Robert Plant was there. What an icon, I love him... But I can't go up and speak to him, because I don't want to seem like a goob.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian.
- Envision
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as the ability to hold the floor on rare occasions to speak at length and make your point emphatically and even delay progress by taking hours.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said.
- First Amendment
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have the First Amendment to rely on whenever an elected official tries to impinge on our rights to speak.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see Republicans flipping their lids trying to burn down buildings in Ninja outfits when a Democrat, progressive, or socialist tries to speak.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real silencing occurs when a conservative tries to speak at a liberal university like Berkeley, and the party of anger and violence acts on their hatred when a police department says we can't protect a Republican speaker.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020