#peak

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word. ↗

— Mos Def

#i #presence #say #speaks #volumes

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#both #conscience #effective #engages #meek

Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#european #national #same #should #speak

Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#certain #conspicuously #course #deter #deterrence

The Marshall is supposed to be 200 watts, but mine's never worked right; it peaks out at 80. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#mine #never #out #peaks #right

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#actor #being #difficult #me #speak

My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#against #first #hollywood #i #opposition

I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#desire #i #i do #i think #idioms

I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#corrupt #each #i #i think #life

When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#back #bolivia #came #comfortable #comfortable talking