"I just heard him speak and instantly, I just knew he was the one to lead the film, " says Freeland.

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Subsequently, though, I heard him speak at the London School of Economics, and he took this idea in a slightly different direction.

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He then told the babysitter, who heard him speak on the phone, that it was Ms Harrison calling to say she would be home later.

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You have heard him speak passionately about this issue.

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Although I had met Mr. Unsworth and heard him speak at the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, I had known him long before as a historical novelist who changed the way I thought about history and fiction.

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Vice President Biden also spoke at the breakfast, reflecting on his trip to Rome last month where he met Pope Francis and heard him speak about our committments to one another, not just as people of faith, but, he went on to say, but as human beings.

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