What I said was, within the context of health care -- I remember that speech pretty well, it was only two days ago -- (laughter) -- I said I welcome ideas that you might provide.
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What I'm going to do is I -- I enjoy having a conversation as opposed to giving a long speech -- although I've been known to -- (laughter.) So I'm just going to make a few brief remarks at the top.
But we believe we have -- as I said in my speech -- we have to learn the lessons of history, about how best we promote the values that we share.
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We all, I guess, will take one or two lines of the speech - I mean, he talks about the genius of America is that we can change, that we can improve.
And you know, he said something in his speech that I thought was - of all the things that he actually said in the speech, that I thought was truly profound was one small line, that these distractions will go on forever in any election.
I've put out a dossier on him with more details than what I provide - than what I provide in this speech in your packet.
"If we have a free-speech problem, I think the answer to that is more free speech, " said Fernando Ferrer, a board member and former Bronx borough president, though he acknowledged concern about "distasteful and incendiary language" that could incite tensions.
And that's ultimately what I believe both peoples want -- which is why I think -- I think it was very interesting that in my speech in Jerusalem, some of the strongest applause came when I addressed the Israeli people and I said, you have to think about these Palestinian children like your own children.
So, what I want to say to every kid, every young person -- what I want all of you -- if you take away one thing from my speech, I want you to take away the notion that life is precious, and part of what makes it so wonderful is its diversity, that all of us are different.
"What you are saying is that I did in fact deliver a speech from a prepared text - I didn't, " he said.
If I give a speech to a student-run college club of women for example, and I tell them my expertise costs nothing, what am I teaching them about themselves?
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"Seriously, I hope that you're not disappointed that there won't be a big coming-out speech tonight because I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago back in the Stone Age, very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends and family, co-workers and then gradually, proudly to everyone who knew her, to everyone she actually met, " she continued.
It certainly would be one of those where a judge would be asked to choose between two very important interests - individual's free speech rights and a sort of - I guess a voter's right as an individual speaker and then a voter's right as the member of a larger electorate.
But "Rize" -- the title derives from the "rise up" phrase in Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech -- goes back to the phenomenon's roots, and shows what drives the dancers to dance as they do.
And I -- that's why I mentioned it last night in my speech.
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Mr Cameron chose to give his first "what-I-would-do-running-my-own-government" speech on the specifics, quite detailed specifics, of how he would do more to reduce the welfare budget (again: cuts to housing benefit and benefits for out of work parents).
"I'm not pro-American or pro-Russian - I am pro-Georgian, " the new president said in his inaugural speech.
"I said my name and -- because I was supposed to say my name and make a speech, but it's all pretty unclear, " she told King in January.
So I don't -- I didn't even want to get ahead to Thursday's speech.
On Tuesday, I gave this little speech here in town -- (laughter) -- the State of the Union.
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And I think one aspect of the speech that -- one issue that he is likely to emphasize in the speech as well are some of the challenges of building an innovation economy in the 21st century.
I'm just going to -I'm going to start by - you know, there are some speeches that are the speech, the whole speech is about the speech.
And it will be demonstrated again amply on Wednesday when he gives a speech -- Wednesday, as I said, early afternoon at George Washington University.
In my work as a leadership communication coach, I emphasize the importance of delivering a well-written speech that has an inspiring vision, engaging stories, self-deprecating humor, and personalized examples.
One year I had a severe case of laryngitis, which is not good considering I am on radio and TV several times a day from CES. I got around it by using text-to-speech software to deliver my radio segments.
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But listening to Gordon Brown's speech, I found myself playing a game - spot the repeat announcement.
Aposiopesis refers to a breaking-off of speech, and in Book I of "The Aeneid" the god Neptune does just that while chastising the East and West winds for making a storm without his permission.
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But right now I have to finish my coffee and run off into speech-land.
These countries all underscore what I emphasized when I visited Ghana and gave a speech about Africa as a whole -- this is a moment of great opportunity and significant progress in Africa.
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