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“It’s not because things are difficult that we don’t dare. It’s because we don’t dare that things are difficult.”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“When you want to be heard as a clear, competent, and forceful person, you want to use more of these short statements of fact.”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“FreeRice.com”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“Pretend you’re speaking Italian. This language has a lovely balance of consonants and vowels that lends itself to beautiful speech.”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“Note and mark the word. Copy the word in your own handwriting. For example, copy the word g-e-r-m-a-n-e. After consulting a dictionary to determine pronunciation, write your own version of the spoken form—perhaps “jer MAIN”—and what it means (truly relevant). No, I don’t think a keyboard stroke has the same learning potential as a handwritten word. Write a sentence that actually uses the words:”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“Try 1100 Words You Need to Know by Bromberg and Gordon. If you don’t want to know that many more words, try 504 Absolutely Essential Words by Bromberg, Lieber, and Traeger.”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“John, where Charles had had ‘had,’ had had ‘had had’; ‘had had’ had had the teacher’s approval.”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

“The amount of change you produce in your speaking appears to reflect the extent of your emotional involvement.”
― Carol A. Fleming, It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear