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“And for Incoherent Speech, it was amongst the Gentiles taken for one sort of Prophecy, because the Prophets of their Oracles, intoxicated with a spirit, or vapor from the cave of the Pythian Oracle at Delphi, were for a time really mad, and spake like mad-men; of whoose loose words a sense might be made to fit any event, in such sort, as all bodies are said to be made of Materia prima .”

Men Made Said Body Might Spirit Taken Events Fit Speech Mad Prophet Prophecy Caves Mad Men Oracles Intoxicated Vapor Gentiles Delphi

Book:Leviathan

Source: Leviathan

“I've had my breath taken away when a fan told me since watching my speech she has stopped herself being beaten up by her father. I've been stunned by the amount of men in my life that have contacted me since my speech to tell me to keep going, and that they want to make sure that their daughters will still be alive to see a world where women have power and equality, economically and politically.”

Men World Want Stills Father Taken Alive Fans Amount Speech Daughter Breaths Keep Going Beaten Stunned

Author:Emma Watson

“Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.”

People Taken Speech Paid Revenge Subtle Compliment Oppressors Sorcery

Author:Bill Vaughan

“PLAIN SUPERFICIALITY is the character of a speech, in which any two points being taken, the speaker is found to lie wholly with regard to those two points.”

Two Character Lying Found Taken Speech Regard Speakers Superficiality

Book:The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll

Source: The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll

“The interpretation of thought as ""inner speech" has taken different forms, and has been used to clarify a variety of problems--thus problems pertaining to the logical forms of thought and the connection of thought with things.”

Thinking Has Beens Different Problem Form Used Taken Speech Connections Variety Thoughtful Logical Interpretation Intentionality

Book:Science and metaphysics: variations on Kantian themes

Source: Science and metaphysics: variations on Kantian themes

“A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the same time not too big to be taken in at a glance”

May Ends Bigs Taken Periods Speech Defined Portions Glances

Book:Rhetoric

Source: Rhetoric

“The pressure to conform to 'politically correct' speech is primarily a pressure not to use certain expressions. But when our freedom to use certain expressions is taken away, then our ability to think in certain ways is also curtailed.”

Thinking Way Use Certain Ability Taken Expression Speech Pressure Conform Politically Correct

Book:The TNIV and the Gender-neutral Bible Controversy

Source: The TNIV and the Gender-neutral Bible Controversy