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" Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved him. John Kerry's speech and overall ineffective convention nearly sank him in 2004 (though he was almost saved by the debates). "

" As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish. "

" Changes occur after taking practical steps, not by chanting slogans and giving speeches. "

" Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work. "

" Don't believe your own press, and don't give speeches. "

Sergio Marchionne

" Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. "

" For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. "

" George W. Bush has shown himself to be a decent guy, not exploiting his former office to make top dollars giving speeches. "

" Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

" I do all my speeches in pictures. If I wrote words, I'd get locked in on them. "

" I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy. "

" I don't have to prepare any speeches for love. It's something that I engage with on a consistent basis. "

Musiq Soulchild

" I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump. "

" I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches. "

" I happen to have given lots of free speeches. "

Hillary Clinton

" I hate speeches. "

" I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax. "

" I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill. "

" I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

" I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past. "

" In 2007, early in the improbable presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, the young first-term senator began a series of foreign-policy speeches that seemed too general to provide a guide to what he might do if elected. "

" In my speeches, I always condemned communism, national-socialism and fascism. "

Jean-Marie Le Pen

" In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches, or town halls, we have Trump's demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting between the administration and the press, we have a president who fantasizes on Twitter about physically assaulting CNN. "

" I often say in my speeches, I say, 'It's rare in life that you get a controlled scientific experiment.' 'Cause you can't do controlled scientific experiments with real people, normally. "

" I really get my best work done in the morning, so if I have to edit speeches or comments, that all happens before I get to work. "

Pramila Jayapal

" It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand. "

" I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. "

Patricia Highsmith

" I used to practice my speeches on my tractor while I plowed my daddy's field. "

" I used to practice Tony speeches in my bathroom with my hairbrush. "

" I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches. "

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