William Stafford Quotes
An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears.
Quotes to Explore
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.
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Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.
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I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.
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I'm an early-morning owl.
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I used to be a night owl. I no longer am a night owl.
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I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us.
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When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any other way. I wasn't making any kind of political statement.
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My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.
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Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
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The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.
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The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
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It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style is very military influenced. The snare drum comes from the military and becomes the core kind of sound of jazz drums.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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Arch Enemy is a female-fronted metal band, but so is Delain. They don't sound alike at all. The only thing they both are are metal bands, but the style within metal is so massively different that it doesn't really say much whether there's a girl singing or not. So it's really not so important.
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Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.
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In trying to make a big difference, don't ignore the small daily differences we can make.
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I was a very ancient twelve; my views at that age would have done credit to a Civil War veteran. I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway, less burdened. The weight of the centuries lies on children, I'm sure of it.
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An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears.
