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"A sophistical rhetorician inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity."
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"An evening like this would be empty without some reference to [politics] so let's just think of this as empty."
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"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall."
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"To actively improve the worldand change your life as well,speak all the good you know,and all the bad refuse to tell."
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"So much can be done, even when little is said. So little can be done, even when much is spoken."
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"People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract it?"
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"One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them."
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"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."
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"People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish."
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"A bad word triggers another in your opponent. Be ready to reap what you plant."
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"I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that."
Work
"The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation."
Play
"It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene."
Change
"I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper."
Music
"Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others."
Music
"I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there."
Freedom
"My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing."
Writing
"If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender."
Act
"I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice."
Voice
"Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very quick."
Time
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