#peak

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#any #bad #character #clearly #good

There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you make, where you live... and that's something this film speaks to. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#care #challenges #difficulties #every #film

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? ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#begin #complex #could #his #how

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#language #man #many #other #preferable

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#bad #doing #experience #five #get

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. ↗

— Max de Pree

#cultures #holds #leaders #listened #must

Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#dignity #each #face #go #heart

If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do. ↗

— William Pollard

#listen #people #platform #speak #want

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. ↗

— Karl Popper

#impossible #misunderstood #speak #such #way

If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#i #i am #public #speak #terrified