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It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There's a big advantage to being the outsider.

If I, as a liberal, didn't speak out against those who would squelch the free speech of conservatives, I wouldn't deserve to call myself a liberal.

To people like me, educated in post-war Britain, free speech has been a firm premise of the British way of life.

The court has said you are entitled to robust speech on public sidewalks, even insulting speech.

Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen.

I don't believe in this idea of, 'That's hate speech, stop it.'

I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech.

In his tub-thumping speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Romney sounded like the hedge-fund tycoon he is.

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.

It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.

If our hard-earned liberty, our desire to be irreverent of the old and to question the new, can be reduced to one, basic and indispensable right, it must be the right to free speech.

The FTC doesn't regulate political speech.

Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come.

I would be concerned if any speech to Congress related any information that's new to the president of the United States.

My Hall of Fame speech was about respect for the game.

Sarah Silverman. She's the reason I do comedy. Her DNC speech was my favorite thing I ever heard. Sitting down with her and laughing would be incredible.

There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.

I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do.

There's certain issues, as I say in my speeches, that I'm not going to compromise on; I'm not going to compromise on a woman's right to choose and on marriage equality.

The only things I make money on are speeches and books.

If you are making policies through speeches that are contradicting some of the policy development your colleagues are embarked on, you are destroying collective responsibility.

Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.

Oh I had crushes on all my leading men, I think. Oh, you know who I really had fun with? In this movie 'Mother, Jugs & Speed,' I really liked working with Harvey Keitel.

Favorite Bat-gadget was probably the Batboat, because it was fun to get out on the ocean and run that thing around at high speed.