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Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a tw

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. – Evan Esar

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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures dont lie, but admits than under analysis some of them wont stand up either. – Evan Esar

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Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasnt done it. – Evan Esar

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When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches. – John Andrew Holmes

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Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions. – Joseph Chatfield

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Be sincere; be brief; be seated. – Franklin D. Roosevelt, on speechmaking

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His speeches left the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea. – Author Unknown

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else. – Garrett Hardin

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