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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:03 AM Mar 2012

All politicians should follow this rule about speeches:

Abraham Lincoln used only 270 words in the Gettysburg Address.

All of your speeches should be approximately this length. If you can't concisely and believeably sum up your thoughts, then don't open your mouth.

Think of it as a Twitter rule for speeches.

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All politicians should follow this rule about speeches: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 OP

And brevity is the soul of wit. lob1 Mar 2012 #1

lob1

(3,820 posts)

1. And brevity is the soul of wit.

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:26 AM

Mar 2012

Brevity works for a lot of things.

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