When I first started my speaking career, I’d written down some witty things that I’d heard other speakers say.  I remember one such witticism delivered by the speaker immediately after he was introduced.  The line went something like, “Thank you for that marvelous introduction.  You read it just like I wrote it.”  The line got a laugh so I thought I’d use it in when I spoke as the luncheon keynote for a state association conference.  As I was rehearsing and timing my …