#poke

The gay people I knew in real life were soft spoken and didn't want to call attention to themselves because they were terrified of exposing themselves, of people finding out that they're gay. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#because #call #exposing #finding #gay

Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was slightly different from either Latin or Greek. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#different #either #french #french language #great

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#calculate #harm #his #importance #man

Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things. ↗

— Jim Costa

#being #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #great

Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#before #committee #divided #government #having

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#haven #her #i #interrupt #spoken

I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken. ↗

— Betty Ford

#believe #cabinet #citizens #equal #equal rights

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made. ↗

— John M. Ford

#happy #i #made #new #new york

He was the only person caught in the collapse, and afterward, most of his work was recovered too, and it is still spoken of, when it is noted, with high regard, though seldom played. ↗

— William Gaddis

#collapse #high #his #most #noted

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#ask #consequence #human #i #i think