#speak

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. ↗

— Dale Evans

#blessings #could #gave #hospital #i

To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. ↗

— Walter Chrysler

#every #hour #me #miracle #night

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately. ↗

— Chita Rivera

#immediately #lights #plug #put #respond

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? ↗

— William O. Douglas

#awe #been #bow #expected #represent

Wir sind das Volk!" Dieser Satz hat uns gelehrt, dass wir, wenn wir unserer Sehnsucht glauben und ihr vertrauen, die Angst verlieren können. Eine Angst, die willfährige Dienerin jeder Art von nicht legitimierter Herrschaft ist, die uns ohnmächtig macht, die uns bindet. In dem Augenblick aber, in dem wir unsere Angst als Angst benennen und Anpassung und Angst als Geschwisterkinder erkennen, sind wir möglicherweise bereit zu erproben: Können wir auch ohne sie leben? In genau diesem Augenblick wachsen uns jene Kräfte zu, die eine ganze Gesellschaft verändern können. ↗

— Joachim Gauck

#civil-rights #courage #democracy #dictatorship #empowerment

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#alone #beautiful #eyes #good #kindness

I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet--within the chambers of a quivering heart. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#beauty

Performers should realize they not only have to prepare themselves for concert purposes as far as memorizing their programs goes, but for the business of just walking out before the people …. It is important to play before an imaginary audience too. Before I play in public I very often play a program three or four times as though I were seated before a actual audience. ↗

— Leonard Rose

#nervousness #performing #public-speaking #business

We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#actions speak #been #believe #carry #head

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#female #female mind #liver #mind #organ