February 2021
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Reminders and Tips for the Chief Judge at the 2021 Contests
Important Reminders for Your Area and Division Speech Contests
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Professional Zeal Keeps Customers Buoyant
“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), German philosopher
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Practice Makes… Plasticity
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
— Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born theoretical physicist
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Don't Settle for the Highlight Reel
“Speech has power. Words do not fade.
What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.”
— Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), rabbi, theologian & philosopher