#poke

Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? ↗

— Francis Scott Key

#defenders #deliverance #deserve #does #heart

Those who have been outspoken in advocating human rights during these last forty years, have themselves grabbed the most fundamental of human rights from the people of the Third-World countries. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#been #countries #during #forty #forty years

There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#each #god #how #i #includes

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#desire #even #had #i #loss

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense. ↗

— Jonathan King

#peter #quiet #remained #sense #shy

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. ↗

— Henry Sweet

#both #english #intended #introduction #linguistic

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#bbc #house #i #listened #me

We will not play with inflation. We are living a delicate moment. President Obama spoke to me today about the high unemployment affecting the United States. In this crisis period, when the developed nations are not recovering, it's prudent to maintain the established inflation target. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#affecting #crisis #delicate #developed #established

But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able to understand it. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#actually #been #coach #elizabethan #imagine

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english