#speaking

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#generally #government #people #respond #speaking

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#closeness #cure #distance #heals #know

Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great. ↗

— George Weinberg

#finally #friends #gay #gay rights #great

…they speak great swelling words of emptiness… ↗

— 2 Peter 2 18

#food-for-thought #ible #peter #speaking #think-before-you-speak

Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#after #any #between #building #date

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#i #just #miss #public #school

Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin. ↗

— Rachel Zoe

#generally #good #i #like #look

Stylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#barack obama #been #born #carter #could

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#being #brain #generally #human #human being

I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly speculate on other dimensions. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#could #desires #dimensions #experiences #i