- Person
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.
- Philosophy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually only speak English and Latin. Medieval philosophy was my major, so we pretty much had to study in Latin.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to go to a country where I don't speak the language. I want to be lost in translation.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had a problem in a male-dominated sector. Results speak for themselves.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.
- Grandchildren
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.
- Focused
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- Nov 07, 2020
While our nation's attention is rightly focused on the Middle East, the North Korean threat has grown exponentially, while there seems to be a falling asleep, so to speak, at the switch when it comes to North Korea.
- English
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020