#speaking

Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea. ↗

— Yann Martel

#books #brilliant #center #club #event

You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#comes #different #different way #know #singing

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#avoid #been #did #experience #had

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#being #illusion #life #like #nothing

I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#i #i do #lot #speaking #travel

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#difference #family #i #i was raised #importance

So the laughs had to come from the character, not because we had balloons in our shirts or were speaking in high voices. That was very important to us. ↗

— Kevin McDonald

#because #character #come #had #high

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that. ↗

— George McGovern

#against #constantly #guy #i #no regrets

My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#concern #condition #convey #fear #fun

I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#american #american accent #because #caricature #create