ANCIENT& not so ancient WISDOM
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October 26, 2006

“A speech is made great, not from the words used, but from the ideas conveyed. If the ideas, principles and values and substance of the speech are great, then it's going to be a great speech, even if the words are pedestrian. The words can be soaring, beautiful and eloquent but if the ideas are flat, empty or mean, it's not a great speech.”

- Theodore Chaikin 'Ted' Sorensen (1928 - ) is a lawyer and writer, best known as President John F. Kennedy's legendary speechwriter. President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual blood-bank."

May your ideas flow from greatness.

Sincerely,