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I hate speeches.
I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.
I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.
When I am working out, I listen to inspirational speeches.
Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.
The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.
I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
I don't know how many speeches I have given saying, 'No child worse off.'
Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.
I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.
I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field.
I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.
I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
I don't want to spend my last few whatever it is, months or years on this earth, giving speeches.
If leadership is about listening, the great political speeches would have been a little different.
I think young people respond much better to openness and frankness and practical stuff than speeches.
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
In a Western, you talk more with your eyes and your actions than you do with big speeches. I love that.
In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.
My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie and me growing up, good words to live by.
I gave 738 Rotary Club speeches, and it was just driving me crazy, so someone said, 'Why don't you charge money?'
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.
One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe.
I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.
George W. Bush has shown himself to be a decent guy, not exploiting his former office to make top dollars giving speeches.
Political people give speeches and espouse positions declaring that America is the best and strongest nation in the world.
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.
Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders.
Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'
I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am.
I've been around this game for a long time - a lot of plane rides, a lot of bus rides, a lot of pregame speeches, a lot of national anthems.
I have given motivational speeches at IIT and other well-known establishments. I want to appeal to the people, and therefore, I talk from the heart.
During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?
Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.
A lot of preparation was needed to play the character of Omar Sheikh in Omerta. I watched a lot of documentaries and hate speeches to cultivate anger in me.