#speaking

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds. ↗

— Kate Smith

#because #been #bonds #buy #carefully

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#cowardice #dangerous #irresponsible #keeps #minds

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#always #anything #known #only #something

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#doing #everyone #generally #interesting #more

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#life #practically #religion #speaking #story

Hollywood movies are run on fear and they don't want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to keep things status quo. That's not really interesting for me. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#choices #fear #generally #hollywood #hollywood movies

A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#being #broadly #brought #camp #culture

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

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

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#change #feel #power #speaking #true